Sophophora

Taxobox
name = "Sophophora"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Diptera
familia = Drosophilidae
subfamilia = Drosophilinae
genus = "Drosophila"
subgenus = "Sophophora"
subgenus_authority = Sturtevant, 1939

The subgenus "Sophophora" of the genus "Drosophila" was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939. It contains the best known drosophilid species, "Drosophila melanogaster".

Phylogeny

Currently, ten species groups are recognized:clade
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label1=Sophophora
1=clade
label1=Old World
1=clade
1=clade
1=clade
1= "melanogaster" species group
2= "montium" species group
2=clade
1= "ananassae" species group
2= "fima" species group
2= "obscura" species group
label2=New World
2=clade
1=clade
1= "willistoni" species group
2= "saltans" species group
2= "Lordiphosa"
*"melanogaster" species group (65 species, including "D. melanogaster" and "D. simulans")
*"montium" species group (88)
*"ananassae" species group (24)
*"obscura" species group (41)
*"saltans" species group (21)
*"willistoni" species group (23)
*"dentissima" species group (17)
*"fima" species group (23)
*"populi" species group (2)
*"dispar" species group (3)The subgenus is paraphyletic because the genus "Lordiphosa" in also placed within this subgenus.