Abstract
One new Brazilian species of Drosophila belonging to the nesiota subgroup of the flavopilosa group, which is recorded for the first time from the State of São Paulo, is illustrated and described as D. mariaehelenae, sp. nov. It has been found breeding on flowers of Cestrum intermedium Sendtn., together with D. cestri Brncic, D. cordeiroi Brncic, D. cordeiroi Brncic, D. flavopilosa Frey and D. incompta Wheeler & Takada, Zygothrica vittimaculosa Burla and one undetermined species of the Drosophila tripunctata species group. Photographs are provided of the male genitalia of the first four species.
Occurrence of the Drosophila flavopilosa species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in the state of São Paulo (Brazil) with description of one new species
Carlos Ribeiro Vilela
Departamento de Biologia, IBUSP, Caixa Postal 11.461, 01000 São Paulo, SP, Brasil
ABSTRACT
One new Brazilian species of Drosophila belonging to the nesiota subgroup of the flavopilosa group, which is recorded for the first time from the State of São Paulo, is illustrated and described as D. mariaehelenae, sp. nov. It has been found breeding on flowers of Cestrum intermedium Sendtn., together with D. cestri Brncic, D. cordeiroi Brncic, D. cordeiroi Brncic, D. flavopilosa Frey and D. incompta Wheeler & Takada, Zygothrica vittimaculosa Burla and one undetermined species of the Drosophila tripunctata species group. Photographs are provided of the male genitalia of the first four species.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wish to trank Dr. P. C. Val for the criticism of the manuscript; Dr. D. Brncic for suggesting this study; Miss L. Rossi and Miss L. d'A. Freire de Carvalho for identifying the Cestrum species and Miss S. M. Loureiro for reviewing the English manuscript. Dr. F. C. Val was kind enough to identify the Zygothrica specimens. This work was supported by FAPESP (Proc. biológicas 81/0483-9) and USP.
Kaneshiro, K. Y., 1969. A study of the relationships of Hawaiian Drosophila species based on external male genitalia. Ibid. 6918:55-70.
Wheeler, M. R., H. Takada & D. Brncic, 1962. The flavopilosa species group of Drosophila. Ibid. 6205:395-413.
- Brncic, D., 1978. A note on the flavopilosa group of Drosophila in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with description of two new species (Diptera, Drosophilidae). Revta. bras. Biol. 38 (3):647-651.
- Hsu, T. C., 1949. The external genital apparatus of male Drosophilidae in relation to systematics. Univ. Tex. Publs 4920:80-142.
- Vilela, C. R., 1983. A revision of the Drosophila repleta species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae). Revta bras. Ent. 27 (1):1-114.
- Wheeler, M. R. and M. P. Kambysellis, 1966. Notes on the Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Samoa. Univ. Tex. Publis 6615:533-565.
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1983
