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Hirtodrosophila confusa

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Hirtodrosophila confusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Subtribe: Drosophilina
Infratribe: Drosophiliti
Genus: Hirtodrosophila
Species:
H. confusa
Binomial name
Hirtodrosophila confusa
(Stæger, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
  • Drosophila confusa Stæger, 1844[1]
  • Drosophila vibrissina Duda, 1924[2]
  • Drosophila grischuna Burla, 1951[3]

Hirtodrosophila confusa is a widespread, but rare European species of fruit fly from the family Drosophilidae.[4]

Description

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Relatively large species (for Drosophilidae), wing length about 3.5 mm (0.14 in), generally yellowish body with some variable brown triangular marking on the dorsal surface of the abdomen, wings yellowish.[4][5]

Distribution

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Widespread in most of the Palaearctic though rare in northern parts,[5] absent from Great Britain.[6]

Biology

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It is mostly associated with woodland habitat types. Specimens have been reared from fungi,[5] which is suspected to the preferred larval food. Populations peak in about July.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Stæger, R.C. (1844). "[Bemærkninger til slægten Drosophila. [Notes on the genus Drosophila. - Pp. 16-18 in: J.C. Schiodte: Forhandlinger i det skandinaviske entomologiske Selskab". Naturh. Tidsskr. 1 (2): 16–70.
  2. ^ Duda, Oswald (1924). "Revision der europäische n Arten der Gattung Drosophila Fallen (Dipt.)" (PDF). Entomologiske Meddelelser. 14: 246–280, 281–313. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ^ Burla, H. (1951). "Drosophila grischuna species nova, eine neue Art aus der Schweiz". Zehnter Jahresbericht der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft Fur Vererbungsforschung, S. S. G. 25 (1950): 619–623.
  4. ^ a b c Shorrocks, B. (1972). Invertebrate types: Drosophila. London: Ginn & Co. p. 144. ISBN 0-08-025941-3.
  5. ^ a b c Bächli, Gerhard; Vilela, Carlos R.; Escher, Stefan Andersson; Saura, Anssi (2004). The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 39. Leiden: Brill. p. 245. ISBN 90-04-14074-3.
  6. ^ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234.