Drosophila appendiculata

Drosophila appendiculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Subfamily: Drosophilinae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Chusqueophila
Brncic, 1957
Species:
D. appendiculata
Binomial name
Drosophila appendiculata
Malloch, 1934

Drosophila appendiculata is a large yellowish fruitfly found in Southern Chile and neighboring Argentina.[1][2] The species is placed in its own unique subgenus, Chusqueophila, based on the presence of three partial cross-veins in the wing.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Bächli, G. (1999-2010). TaxoDros: The Database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidae. Available at http://www.taxodros.uzh.ch/
  2. ^ a b Brncic, D. (1957) Las especies Chilenas de Drosophilidae. Coleccion de Monografias Biologicas de la Universidad de Chile 8:1-136.
  3. ^ Vilela, C. R. & Bächli, G. (1990). Taxonomic studies on Neotropical species of seven genera of Drosophilidae (Diptera). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 63, 1–332.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Brncic1987 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).