Hirtodrosophila confusa
| Hirtodrosophila confusa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Genus: | Hirtodrosophila |
| species group: | quadrivittata |
| Species: | H. confusa (Staeger, 1844) |
| Binomial name | |
| Hirtodrosophila confusa | |
| Synonyms | |
Hirtodrosophila confusa is a widespread, but rarely common European species of fruit fly from the family Drosophilidae.[1]
Description
Relatively large species (for Drosophilidae), wing length about 3.5 mm (0.14 in), generally yellowish body with some variable brown triangular marking on the dorsal surface of the abdomen, wings yellowish.[1][2]
Distribution
Widespread in most of the Palaearctic though rare in northern parts,[2] absent from Great Britain.[3]
Biology
It is mostly associated with woodland habitat types. Specimens have been reared from fungi,[2] which is suspected to the preferred larval food. Populations peak in about July.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Shorrocks, B. (1972). Invertebrate types: Drosophila. London: Ginn & Co. p. 144. ISBN 0-08-025941-3.
- 1 2 3 Bächli, Gerhard; Vilela, Carlos R.; Escher, Stefan Andersson; Saura, Anssi (2004). The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 39. Leiden: Brill. p. 245. ISBN 90-04-14074-3.
- ↑ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). "Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. 12 (1): 1–234.
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