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Drosophila putrida

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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

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  1. ^ "Drosophila putrida Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Drosophila putrida Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ 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

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  • 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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