| Dorsilopha | |
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| Drosophila busckii | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.