Steganinae

Steganinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Subfamily: Steganinae
Hendel, 1917
Tribes

Steganini
Gitonini

The Steganinae Hendel, 1917, is the smaller of two subfamilies in the fruit fly family Drosophilidae. The other subfamily is the Drosophilinae.

Diagnosis

The subfamily is monophyletic (Grimaldi 1990; Sidorenko 2002), but can not be characterised by a single morphological character that distinguishes this subfamily from the Drosophilinae. See for a discussion on this subfamily "Drosophila: A Laboratory Handbook" by M. Ashburner, S. Hawley, K. Golic (not reproduced here due to copyrights).

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships within the subfamily have not yet been confirmed by molecular studies, and are partially based on traditional cladistic methods using primarily morphological characteristics and partly based on expert opinions. The classification below might be not approved by all scholars in the field, but gives a reasonable overview of our current knowledge:

Tribe: Steganini

Subtribe: Steganina
Genus: Eostegana
Genus: Stegana
Subtribe: Leucophengina
Genus: Allopygaea
Genus: Cacoxenus [1]
Genus: Leucophenga

Tribe: Gitonini

Subtribe: Gitonina
Genus: Amiota
Genus: Apenthecia
Genus: Apsiphortica
Genus: Cacoxenus
Genus: Crincosia
Genus: Erima
Genus: Gitona
Genus: Paraleucophenga
Genus: Paraphortica
Genus: Phortica
Subtribe: Acletoxenina
Genus: Acletoxenus
Genus: Hyalistata
Genus: Mayagueza
Genus: Pseudiastata
Genus: Rhinoleucophenga
Genus: Trachyleucophenga
Subtribe unknown
Genus: Electrophortica
Genus: Pararhinoleucophenga
Genus: Parastegana
Genus: Pseudostegana

Tribe unknown

Genus: Soederbomia
Genus: Pyrgometopa

For species within the various genera, see fix Taxodros

Leucophenga maculata (Steganinae) ovipositing on fungus.

References

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