Drosophila mauritiana

Drosophila mauritiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Sophophora
Species group: melanogaster
Species subgroup: melanogaster
Species complex: simulans
Species:
D. mauritiana
Binomial name
Drosophila mauritiana
Tsacas & David, 1974[1]
Synonyms

Drosophila (Sophophora) mauritiana

Drosophila mauritiana is a species of fly, belonging to the family Drosophilidae. It belongs to the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup. It is found in Mauritius.

The Mariner transposon Mos1 (for Mosaic element) was discovered in Drosophila mauritiana.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tsacas, L.; David, J. (1974). "Drosophila mauritiana n. sp. du groupe melanogaster de l'Ile Maurice". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 79: 42–46.
  2. ^ Hartl, D (2001). "Discovery of the transposable element mariner". Genetics. 157: 471–6. PMC 1461507. PMID 11156971.
  • Media related to Drosophila mauritiana at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Drosophila mauritiana at Wikispecies
  • "Drosophila mauritiana". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  • Drosophila mauritiana at insectoid.info
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