Five new species of the Drosophila tripunctata group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador

  • Ana Danitza Peñafiel-Vinueza Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencas Exactas y Naturales, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre y Roca, Aptdo. 17-01-2184, Quito
  • Violeta Rafael Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencas Exactas y Naturales, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre y Roca, Aptdo. 17-01-2184, Quito
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.494
Keywords: cloud forest, tripunctata radiation, terminalia, southern Ecuador, taxonomy

Abstract

Five new species of the genus Drosophila Fallén, 1823 belonging to the tripunctata group are described and illustrated: D. warmi sp. nov., D. kurillakta sp. nov., D. chichu sp. nov., D. saraguru sp. nov. and D. ayauma sp. nov. from the forests of Podocarpus National Park. The first species is ascribed to subgroup II of Frota-Pessoa (1954), the second species to subgroup IV, and the last three species are not assigned to any subgroup. The flies were captured using plastic bottles containing pieces of yeast fermented banana.

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Published
2019-02-01
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Peñafiel-Vinueza, A. D., & Rafael, V. (2019). Five new species of the Drosophila tripunctata group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador. European Journal of Taxonomy, (494). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.494
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No. 494 (2019): Five new species of the Drosophila tripunctata group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador
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