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''Dorsilopha'' belongs to

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Drosophila ''Drosophila'' (), from Ancient Greek δρόσος (''drósos''), meaning "dew", and φίλος (''phílos''), meaning "loving", is a genus of fly, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "small fruit flies" or p ...

'' and consists of four species. The phylogenetic position of this group has been unclear for a long time,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. but recent studies have shown that the subgenus is positioned ancestral to the subgenus ''

''.

Species

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

References

D Insect subgenera {{Drosophilidae-stub