Drosophila putrida is a species of fruit fly in the family Drosophilidae.[1][2] It is found throughout the temperate central-eastern United States. Like other members of the Drosophila testacea species group, D. putrida breeds exclusively on mushrooms.[3]
| Drosophila putrida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Subfamily: | Drosophilinae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Subgenus: | Drosophila |
| Species group: | testacea |
| Species: | D. putrida
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| Binomial name | |
| Drosophila putrida Sturtevant, 1916
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References
edit- ^ "Drosophila putrida Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Drosophila putrida Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Grimaldi, James, and Jaenike. 1992. Systematics and Modes of Reproductive Isolation in the Holarctic Drosophila testacea Species Group (Diptera: Drosophilidae). https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/85/6/671/2759036
Further reading
edit- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
External links
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