The Drosophila saltans species group contains 21 described fly species, all of which are found in the neotropical region. It is one of the seven species groups in the subgenus Sophophora, the others being the D. willistoni, D. melanogaster, D. obscura, D. dispar, D. fima, and D. dentissima groups. The D. saltans species group is most closely related to the D. willistoni subgroup. The species are placed into five subgroups: the D. s. cordata, D. s. elliptica, D. s. parasaltans, D. s. saltans, and D. s. sturtevanti subgroups. It is thought that, like the D. willistoni species group, the D. saltans species group originated in tropical North America, colonized South America, and then diversified prior to the formation of the Isthmus of Panama. Some of these may have migrated back to North America within the last 4.5 million years ago (mya), and consequently the relationship between the species is unresolved due to the short amount of time that has elapsed since their divergence points.[1][2][3]
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Species edit
- D. s. cordata subgroup
- D. s. elliptica subgroup
- D. s. parasaltans subgroup
- D. s. saltans subgroup
- D. s. sturtevanti subgroup
References edit
- ^ O'Grady, Patrick M.; Clark, Jonathan B.; Kidwell, Margaret G. (1998). "Phylogeny of the Drosophila saltans Species Group Based on Combined Analysis of Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Sequences" (PDF). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 15 (6): 656–664. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025969. PMID 9615447.
- ^ Rodríguez-Trelles, F.; Tarrío, R.; Ayala, F. J. (1999). "Molecular evolution and phylogeny of the Drosophila saltans species group inferred from the Xdh gene" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 13 (1): 110–121. doi:10.1006/mpev.1999.0631. PMID 10508544.
- ^ a b Markow, Therese A.; O'Grady, Patrick (2005). Drosophila: A Guide to Species Identification and Use. Academic Press. pp. 43–56. ISBN 978-0-08-045409-2.
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