Drosophila putrida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Subfamily: Drosophilinae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Drosophila
Species group: testacea
Species:
D. putrida
Binomial name
Drosophila putrida
Sturtevant, 1916

Drosophila putrida is a species of fruit fly in the family Drosophilidae.[1][2] It is found throughout the temperate central-eastern United States. Like other members of the Drosophila testacea species group, D. putrida breeds exclusively on mushrooms.[3]

References

  1. โ†‘ "Drosophila putrida Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. โ†‘ "Drosophila putrida Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. โ†‘ Grimaldi, James, and Jaenike. 1992. Systematics and Modes of Reproductive Isolation in the Holarctic Drosophila testacea Species Group (Diptera: Drosophilidae). https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/85/6/671/2759036

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
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