Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup

Drosophila melanogangster species subgroup
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Sophophora
Species group: melanogaster group

The Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup contains 9 species, including the best known species Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. The subgroup belongs to the Drosophila melanogaster species group within the subgenus Sophophora.

Phylogeny




 D. (S.) melanogaster




 D. (S.) simulans



 D. (S.) mauritiana



 D. (S.) sechellia








 D. (S.) yakuba



 D. (S.) santomea




 D. (S.) teissieri





 D. (S.) orena



 D. (S.) erecta





melanogaster complex

simulans complex

yakuba complex

erecta complex

The species of the simulans complex form a hard polytomy. Most likely, the island species D. (S.) mauritiana (Mauritius) and D. (S.) sechellia (Seychelles) branched of from the mainland species D. (S.) simulans in such a narrow time frame that it is impossible to distinguish which species branched off first and which second.

References

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