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Drosophila melanogaster species group

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Drosophila melanogaster species group
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Sophophora
Species group: melanogaster
Species subgroups

The Drosophila melanogaster species group belongs to the subgenus Sophophora and contains 10 subgroups.[1][2] The phylogeny in this species group is poorly known despite many studies covering many of the species subgroups. The most likely explanation is that the various subgroups diverged from each other in a relatively short evolutionary time frame. Three subgroups have not yet been investigated in molecular studies, and their position in the phylogeny is unclear. The suzukii subgroup is paraphyletic as D. lucipennis is systematically placed within the elegans subgroup.

Species subgroups:

References

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  1. ^ Bächli, G. (1999-2010). TaxoDros: The Database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidae. Available at "UZH - Universität Zürich - Public Portal". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  2. ^ Da Lage, J.-L., Kergoat, G. J., Maczkowiak, F., Silvain, J.-F., Cariou, M.-L. & Lachaise, D. (February 2007). "A phylogeny of Drosophilidae using the Amyrel gene: questioning the Drosophila melanogaster species group boundaries". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 45 (1): 47–63. doi:10.1111/J.1439-0469.2006.00389.X. ISSN 0947-5745. Wikidata Q99965976.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)