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Drosophila melanocephala

Description

Drosophila melanocephala (Hardy, 1966)

Synonyms: Idiomyia melanocephala Hardy, 1966

Distribution: Endemic: Maui

Additional References: Bonacum et al. (2005); Carson & Kaneshiro (1976); Craddock et al. (2018); Montgomery (1975); O’Grady et al. (2011); Spieth (1982)

Notes: Nishida (2002) also reports this species from Oahu

Notes

Published as part of Rampasso, Augusto Santos & O'Grady, Patrick Michael, 2022, Distribution and Taxonomy of Endemic and Introduced Drosophilidae in Hawaii, pp. 1-80 in Zootaxa 5106 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5106.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6336841

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hardy
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Order
Agaricales
Family
Psathyrellaceae
Genus
Drosophila
Species
melanocephala
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Drosophila melanocephala (Hardy, 1966) sec. Rampasso & O'Grady, 2022

References

  • Hardy, D. E. (1966) VIII. Descriptions and notes on Hawaiian Drosophilidae (Diptera). The University of Texas Publications, 6615, 195 - 244.
  • Bonacum, J., O'Grady, P. M., Kambysellis, M. & DeSalle, R. (2005) Phylogeny and age of diversification of the planitibia species group of the Hawaiian Drosophila. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 37, 73 - 82. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2005.03.008
  • Carson, H. L. & Kaneshiro, K. Y. (1976) Drosophila of Hawaii: systematics and ecological genetics. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 7, 311 - 345. https: // doi. org / 10.1146 / annurev. es. 07.110176.001523
  • Craddock, E. M., Kambysellis, M. P., Franchi, L., Francisco, P., Grey, M., Hutchinson, A., Nanhoo, S. & Antar, S. (2018) Ultrastructural variation and adaptive evolution of the ovipositor in the endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae. Journal of Morphology, 279, 1725 - 1752. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / jmor. 20884
  • Montgomery, S. L. (1975) Comparative Breeding Site Ecology and the Adaptive Radiation of Picture-Winged Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Hawaii. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 22, 65 - 103.
  • O'Grady, P. M., Lapoint, R. T., Bonacum, J., Lasola, J., Owen, E., Wu, Y. & DeSalle, R. (2011) Phylogenetic and ecological relationships of the Hawaiian Drosophila inferred by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 58 (2), 344 - 256. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2010.11.022
  • Spieth, H. T. (1982) Behavioral Biology and Evolution of the Hawaiian Picture-Winged Species Group of Drosophila. Evolutionary Biology, 14, 351 - 438.
  • Nishida, G. M. (2002) Hawaiian terrestrial arthropod checklist. 4 th Edition. Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, 313 pp.