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Drosophila (Sophophora) simulans Sturtevant 1919

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Drosophila (Sophophora) simulans Sturtevant, 1919

Drosophila simulans Sturtevant, 1919: 153. Holotype, male. USA (Florida: Lakeland) (AMNH).

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Abu Sir (Mourad & Mallah 1960), Alexandria, Burg El-Arab, Janaleese. Fayoum:?. Eastern Desert: Esmailiya. Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Abu- Hommos, Beni Suef, Cairo, Fakoos, Kafr El-Sheikh, Mahalla El-Kubra, Tanta (Mourad & Mallah 1960; Megeed et al. 2015), Mansoura. Upper Nile Valley: Assiout, Kom Ombo, Luxur (Mourad & Mallah 1960; Bächli et al. 1982). Western Desert: El-Nubariya, Siwa, Wadi El-Natroun (Mourad & Mallah 1960; Yassin & Abou-Youssef 2004).

Dates of collection: March to December (Mourad & Mallah 1960; Bächli et al. 1982 and Yassin & Abou- Youssef 2004).

Notes

Published as part of El-Hawagry, Magdi S., Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz & Ebrahim, Ayman M., 2018, Catalogue of the Egyptian Ephydroidea (Diptera: Schizophora: Acalyptratae), pp. 201-246 in Zootaxa 4444 (3) on page 236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1309626

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D187FDFFB7C40AFF0234CCFED4F845

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/1309626 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE8FF85FF94C429FF953120FF94FFCE (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/F78C6C44-0008-4DCA-B802-AB783A8767F3 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03D187FDFFB7C40AFF0234CCFED4F845 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/146045065 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/29707/taxon/03D187FDFFB7C40AFF0234CCFED4F845.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH
Scientific name authorship
Sturtevant
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Drosophila
Species
simulans
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Drosophila (Sophophora) simulans Sturtevant, 1919 sec. El-Hawagry, Zatwarnicki & Ebrahim, 2018

References

  • Sturtevant, A. H. (1919) A new species closely resembling Drosophila melanogaster. Psyche, 26, 153 - 155. https: // doi. org / 10.1155 / 1919 / 97402
  • Mourad, A. M. & Mallah, G. S. (1960) Chromosomal polymorphism in Egyptian populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution, 14, 166 - 170. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1558 - 5646.1960. tb 03075. x
  • Megeed, M. S, Galal, O. A. & Abdel-Razek, M. M. (2015) Phylogenetic relationship of an invasive drosophilid, Zaprionus indianus and closely related species of Drosophilidae (Diptera) based on esterase patterns. Egyptian Journal of Genetics and Cytology, 44, 281 - 290.
  • Yassin, A. & Abou-Youssef, A. Y. (2004) A new front for a global invasive drosophilid: the colonization of the Northern- Western desert of Egypt by Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970. Drosophila Information Service, 87, 67 - 68.