Junges, João;Gottschalk, Marco Silva;Loreto, Elgion Lucio da Silva;Robe, Lizandra Jaqueline
Mycodrosophila
Sign in to saveMycodrosophila is a genus of vinegar flies, insects in the family Drosophilidae. There are at least 120 described species in Mycodrosophila.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Drosophilidae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC), AM, MZLU
- Recorded in
- United States, Timor-Leste, South Africa, Malaysia, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Drosophilinae
- Image
- Mushroom Drosophilid - Flickr - treegrow.jpg
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- taxon name
- Mycodrosophila
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Mycodrosophila
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Mycodrosophila is a genus of vinegar flies, insects in the family Drosophilidae. There are at least 120 described species in Mycodrosophila.
It belongs to the monophyletic Zygothrica genus group consisting of the mycophagous genera Hirtodrosophila, Mycodrosophila, Paramycodrosophila, and Zygothrica. It is itself monophyletic.
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