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Drosophila busckii

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Drosophila busckii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Subfamily: Drosophilinae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Dorsilopha
Species:
D. busckii
Binomial name
Drosophila busckii
Synonyms
  • Drosophila buskii Coquillett, 1901
  • Drosophila plurilineata Villeneuve, 1911
  • Drosophila rubrostriata Becker, 1908

Drosophila busckii is a species of fruit fly that is native to North America, though it now also occurs in Asia, Europe, Oceania and South America.[1] It can be identified by the presence of dark stripes on the thorax (including a trident shape on the mesonotum) and the wings being transparent with no markings.[2] Mostly it is associated with rotten potatoes.[3] In the laboratory they are normally reared on Wheeler-Clayton food.

References

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  1. ^ "Drosophila busckii". www.cabi.org. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  2. ^ Miller, M. E.; Marshall, S. A.; Grimaldi, D. A. "A Review of the Species of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and Genera of Drosophilidae of Northeastern North America". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 31. doi:10.3752/cjai.2017.31.
  3. ^ Niswonger, H. R. (1911). "Two Species Of Diptera Of The Genus Drosophila" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). The Ohio Naturalist. 11 (8). Ohio: 374–377. Retrieved 2009-07-16.