Drosophila quinaria is a species of fruit fly in the Drosophila quinaria species group.[1][2][3][4] Most Quinaria group species feed largely on mushrooms. However D. quinaria instead eats decaying vegetative matter, a trait it evolved independently.[5]
| Drosophila quinaria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Species: | D. quinaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Drosophila quinaria Loew, 1866
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References edit
- ^ "Drosophila quinaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Drosophila quinaria species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Drosophila quinaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Drosophila quinaria Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ Scott Chialvo, Clare H.; White, Brooke E.; Reed, Laura K.; Dyer, Kelly A. (January 2019). "A phylogenetic examination of host use evolution in the quinaria and testacea groups of Drosophila". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 233–243. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.027. PMC 6327841. PMID 30366088.
Further reading edit
- Miller, Meredith E.; Marshall, Stephen A.; Grimaldi, David A. (2017). "A Review of the Species of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and Genera of Drosophilidae of Northeastern North America". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 31: 1–282. doi:10.3752/cjai.2017.31.
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