Leucophenga varia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Tribe: Steganini
Subtribe: Leucophengina
Genus: Leucophenga
Species:
L. varia
Binomial name
Leucophenga varia
(Walker, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drosophila varia Walker, 1849
  • Drosophila quadrimaculata Walker, 1852
  • Opomyza signicosta Walker, 1861

Leucophenga varia is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae.[1][2][3] It occurs in North America.[3] Unlike other Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms,[4] which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leucophenga varia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Leucophenga varia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ Worthen, Wade B.; Jones, M. Tildon; Jetton, Robert M. (1998). "Community Structure and Environmental Stress: Desiccation Promotes Nestedness in Mycophagous Fly Communities". Oikos. 81 (1): 45. doi:10.2307/3546466. JSTOR 3546466.
  4. ↑ Hanson, M. A.; Grollmus, L.; Lemaitre, B. (2023-07-21). "Ecology-relevant bacteria drive the evolution of host antimicrobial peptides in Drosophila". Science. 381 (6655): eadg5725. doi:10.1126/science.adg5725. hdl:10871/133708. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 37471548. S2CID 259115731.


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