Hirtodrosophila confusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Subtribe: Drosophilina
Infratribe: Drosophiliti
Genus: Hirtodrosophila
Species:
H. confusa
Binomial name
Hirtodrosophila confusa
(Stæger, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
  • Drosophila confusa Stæger, 1844[1]
  • Drosophila vibrissina Duda, 1924[2]
  • Drosophila grischuna Burla, 1951[3]

Hirtodrosophila confusa is a widespread, but rare European species of fruit fly from the family Drosophilidae.[4]

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.[4][5]

Distribution

Widespread in most of the Palaearctic though rare in northern parts,[5] absent from Great Britain.[6]

Biology

It is mostly associated with woodland habitat types. Specimens have been reared from fungi,[5] which is suspected to the preferred larval food. Populations peak in about July.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Stæger, R.C. (1844). "[Bemærkninger til slægten Drosophila. [Notes on the genus Drosophila. - Pp. 16-18 in: J.C. Schiodte: Forhandlinger i det skandinaviske entomologiske Selskab". Naturh. Tidsskr. 1 (2): 16–70.
  2. ↑ Duda, Oswald (1924). "Revision der europäische n Arten der Gattung Drosophila Fallen (Dipt.)" (PDF). Entomologiske Meddelelser. 14: 246–280, 281–313. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Burla, H. (1951). "Drosophila grischuna species nova, eine neue Art aus der Schweiz". Zehnter Jahresbericht der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft Fur Vererbungsforschung, S. S. G. 25 (1950): 619–623.
  4. 1 2 3 Shorrocks, B. (1972). Invertebrate types: Drosophila. London: Ginn & Co. p. 144. ISBN 0-08-025941-3.
  5. 1 2 3 Bächli, Gerhard; Vilela, Carlos R.; Escher, Stefan Andersson; Saura, Anssi (2004). The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 39. Leiden: Brill. p. 245. ISBN 90-04-14074-3.
  6. ↑ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234.


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