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Five new species of Drosophilaguarani group from the Andes of southern Ecuador (Diptera, Drosophilidae).

ABSTRACT: Five species of the genus Drosophila are described and illustrated: D.zamorana sp. n., D.quinarensis sp. n., D.sachapuyu sp. n., D.caxarumi sp. n., and D.misi sp. n. from the cloud forests of the Podocarpus National Park, in the southern Ecuadorian Andes. Flies were captured using plastic bottles containing pieces of fermented banana with yeast. All the species were found to belong to the Drosophilaguarani species-group.

SUBMITTER: Penafiel-Vinueza AD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6160839 | biostudies-other | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Five new species of Drosophilaguarani group from the Andes of southern Ecuador (Diptera, Drosophilidae).

Peñafiel-Vinueza Ana Danitza AD Rafael Violeta V

ZooKeys 20180815 781

Five species of the genus Drosophila are described and illustrated: D.zamorana sp. n., D.quinarensis sp. n., D.sachapuyu sp. n., D.caxarumi sp. n., and D.misi sp. n. from the cloud forests of the Podocarpus National Park, in the southern Ecuadorian Andes. Flies were captured using plastic bottles containing pieces of fermented banana with yeast. All the species were found to belong to the Drosophilaguarani specie ...[more]

PMID: 30271239

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