Dorsilopha

The subgenus Dorsilopha belongs to genus Drosophila and consists of four species.^[1] The phylogenetic position of this group has been unclear for a long time,^[2] but recent studies have shown that the subgenus is positioned ancestral to the subgenus Drosophila.^[2][3][4][5]

Dorsilopha
Drosophila busckii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Drosophilidae
Subfamily:	Drosophilinae
Genus:	Drosophila
Subgenus:	Dorsilopha Sturtevant, 1942
Type species
Drosophila busckii Coquillett, 1901
Species
Drosophila busckii Drosophila confertidentata Drosophila linearidentata Drosophila neobusckii

Species

• Drosophila busckii Coquillett, 1901
• Drosophila confertidentata Zhang, Li and Feng, 2006
• Drosophila linearidentata Toda, 1986
• Drosophila neobusckii Toda, 1986

References

1. Bächli, G. (1999-2010). TaxoDros: The Database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidae. Available at "UZH - Universität Zürich - Public Portal". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
2. van der Linde, K. & Houle, D. (2008). A supertree analysis and literature review of the genus Drosophila and closely related genera. Insect Systematics and Evolution 39, 241-267.
3. Robe, L. J., Loreto, E. L. S. & Valente, V. L. S. (2010). Radiation of the ,,Drosophila" subgenus (Drosophilidae, Diptera) in the Neotropics. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research Early View.
4. van der Linde, K., Houle, D., Spicer, G. S. & Steppan, S. J. (2010). A supermatrix-based molecular phylogeny of the family Drosophilidae. Genetics Research 92, 25-38.
5. o'Grady, Patrick M.; Desalle, Rob (2018). "Phylogeny of the Genus Drosophila". Genetics. 209 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1534/genetics.117.300583. PMC 5937177. PMID 29716983.