''Drosophila immigrans'' is a species of
vinegar fly
''Drosophila melanogaster'' is a species of fly (an insect of the Order (biology), order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae. The species is often referred to as the fruit fly or lesser fruit fly, or less commonly the "vinegar fly", "pomace fly" ...
in the family
Drosophilidae
The Drosophilidae are a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies, which includes species called fruit flies, although they are more accurately referred to as vinegar or pomace flies. Another distantly related family of flies, Tephritidae, are true f ...
.
[ ''Drosophila immigrans'' is a member of the ]Immigrans-tripunctata radiation
The immigrans-tripunctata radiation is a speciose lineage of ''Drosophila'' flies, including over 300 species. The immigrans-tripunctata radiation is a sister lineage to most other members of the subgenus Drosophila. A number of species have had ...
of the subgenus 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 ...
. It is related to the ''Drosophila quinaria
''Drosophila quinaria'' is a species of fruit fly in the ''Drosophila quinaria'' species group. Most Quinaria group species feed largely on mushrooms. However ''D. quinaria'' instead eats decaying vegetative matter, a trait it evolved independen ...
'' and ''Drosophila testacea
''Drosophila testacea'' is a member of the ''testacea'' species group of ''Drosophila''. Testacea species are specialist fruit flies that breed on the fruiting bodies of mushrooms. ''Drosophila testacea'' can be found in temperate regions of Eu ...
'' species groups, and the fellow Immigrans species group
The ''Drosophila immigrans'' species group is a polyphyletic and speciose lineage of ''Drosophila'' flies, including over 100 species. Immigrans species belong to the Immigrans-tripunctata radiation of the subgenus Drosophila. Well-described sp ...
member '' Drosophila albomicans''. ''Drosophila immigrans'' has been used in evolutionary studies to understand how viruses evolve with their hosts.
Gallery
File: Dimm f3.tif
File: Dimm f4.tif
File: Fruit Fly (Drosophila immigrans) (13114869053).jpg
File: Fruit fly Drosphila immigrans (37911683846).jpg
References
Further reading
*
External links
*
immigrans
Articles created by Qbugbot
Insects described in 1921
{{drosophilidae-stub