The paraphyletic subgenus Sophophora of the genus Drosophila was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939.[1] It contains the best-known drosophilid species, Drosophila melanogaster. Sophophora translates as carrier (phora) of wisdom (sophos). The subgenus is paraphyletic because the genus Lordiphosa[2][3] and the species Hirtodrosophila duncani[4][5] are also placed within this subgenus.
| Sophophora | |
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| A male Drosophila melanogaster fly | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Subfamily: | Drosophilinae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Subgenus: | Sophophora Sturtevant, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830
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| Species groups | |
Phylogeny edit
Currently, 10 species groups are recognized, in two main groups, the New World and the Old World[5][6][7]
Old World:
- melanogaster species group (65 species, including D. melanogaster and D. simulans)
- montium species group (88)
- ananassae species group (24)
- obscura species group (44)
- dentissima species group (17)
- fima species group (23)
- dispar species group (2)
- settifemur species group (2)
New World:
Unknown:
References edit
- ^ Sturtevant AH (1 March 1939). "On the Subdivision of the Genus Drosophila". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 25 (3): 137–141. Bibcode:1939PNAS...25..137S. doi:10.1073/PNAS.25.3.137. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 1077728. PMID 16577879. Wikidata Q33744392.
- ^ Katoh T; Tamura K; Aotsuka T (1 August 2000). "Phylogenetic position of the subgenus Lordiphosa of the genus Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) inferred from alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) gene sequences". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 51 (2): 122–130. doi:10.1007/S002390010072. ISSN 0022-2844. PMID 10948268. Wikidata Q47836653.
- ^ Y.-G. & Toda, M. J. (January 2001). "Polyphyly of Lordiphosa and its relationships in Drosophilinae (Diptera: Drosophilidae)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 26 (1): 15–31. doi:10.1046/J.1365-3113.2001.00135.X. ISSN 0307-6970. Wikidata Q111288747.
- ^ Patrick O'Grady; Rob Desalle (23 April 2008). "Out of Hawaii: the origin and biogeography of the genus Scaptomyza (Diptera: Drosophilidae)". Biology Letters. 4 (2): 195–9. doi:10.1098/RSBL.2007.0575. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 2429922. PMID 18296276. Wikidata Q24654259.
- ^ a b Kim van der Linde; David Houle; Greg S Spicer; Scott J Steppan (1 February 2010). "A supermatrix-based molecular phylogeny of the family Drosophilidae" (PDF). Genetics Research. 92 (1): 25–38. doi:10.1017/S001667231000008X. ISSN 0016-6723. PMID 20433773. Wikidata Q34113101.
- ^ Bächli, G. (1999-2010). TaxoDros: The Database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidae. Available at "Welcome to T a x o D r o S". Archived from the original on 2006-02-09. Retrieved 2006-02-09.
- ^ Da Lage, J.-L., Kergoat, G. J., Maczkowiak, F., Silvain, J.-F., Cariou, M.-L. & Lachaise, D. (February 2007). "A phylogeny of Drosophilidae using the Amyrel gene: questioning the Drosophila melanogaster species group boundaries". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 45 (1): 47–63. doi:10.1111/J.1439-0469.2006.00389.X. ISSN 0947-5745. Wikidata Q99965976.
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