User:KimvdLinde/Sophophora
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The subgenus Sophophora of the genus Drosophila was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939. It contains the best known drosophilid species, Drosophila melanogaster.
[edit] Phylogeny
Phylogeny of the Sophophora subgenus as far as known
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Currently, eight species groups are recognized:
The subgenus is paraphyletic because the genus Lordiphosa in also placed within this subgenus. |
