Hirtodrosophila is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of fruit fly from the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Drosophilidae

Drosophilidae

Drosophilidae is a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies, which includes fruit flies. Another family of flies called Tephritidae also includes fruit flies. The best known species of Drosophilidae is Drosophila melanogaster, within the genus Drosophila, and this species Is used extensively for...

. Formally Hirtodrosophila was a subgenus of the genus Drosophila

Drosophila

Drosophila is a genus of small flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "fruit flies" or more appropriately pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many species to linger around overripe or rotting fruit...

, but was raised to the status of genus on 1990 by Grimaldi.

Description

The third antennal

Antenna (biology)

Antennae in biology have historically been paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. More recently, the term has also been applied to cilium structures present in most cell types of eukaryotes....

  segment is considerably large, with unusually long seta

Seta

Seta is a biological term derived from the Latin word for "bristle". It refers to a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms.-Animal setae:In zoology, most "setae" occur in invertebrates....

e. Arista

Arista (biology)

In insect anatomy the arista is a simple or variously modified apical or subapical bristle, arising from the third antennal segment. It is the evolutionary remains of antennal segments, and may sometimes show signs of segmentation...

 with one ventral branch, and anterior reclinate orbital bristle fine. Ventral receptacle in the form of loops, folded flat against the ventral surface of the vagina

Vagina

The vagina is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in female placental mammals and marsupials, or to the cloaca in female birds, monotremes, and some reptiles. Female insects and other invertebrates also have a vagina, which is the terminal part of the...

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Biology

Where know, all species are associated with fungi, which is the preferred larval food.

Species

There are approximately 150 described species divided into ten species groups.

• H. actinia - (Okada,1991)
• H. akabo - (Burla,1954)
• H. alabamensis - (Sturtevant,1918)
• H. albiventer - (McEvey and Bock,1982)
• H. alboralis - (Momma and Takada,1954)
• H. allynensis - (Bock,1976)
• H. alpiniae - (Okada and Carson,1980)
• H. apicohispida - (Okada,1973)
• H. asozana - (Okada,1956)
• H. astioidea - Duda,1923
• H. baechlii - (Bock,1982)
• H. baikalensis - Watabe, Toda, and Sidorenko,1996
• H. batracida - Grimaldi,1994
• H. bicoloripennis - (Okada,1991)
• H. borbonica - (Tsacas and David,1975)
• H. borboros - (Bock,1976)
• H. cameraria - (Haliday,1833)
• H. caputudis - (Grimaldi,1986)
• H. chagrinensis - (Stalker and Spencer,1939)
• H. chandleri - (Grimaldi,1988)
• H. cinerea - (Patterson and Wheeler,1942)
• H. clypeata - (Wheeler,1968)
• H. clypeora - (Wheeler,1968)
• H. clypitata - (Grimaldi,1987)
• H. confusa
  Hirtodrosophila confusa
  Hirtodrosophila confusa is a widespread, but rarely common European species of fruit fly from the family Drosophilidae.-Description:Relatively large species , wing length about 3.5mm, generally yellowish body with some variable brown triangular marking on the dorsal surface of the abdomen, wings...
  
  - (Staeger,1844)
• H. cowani - Vilela and Bächli,2004
• H. danielae - (McEvey and Bock,1982)
• H. dentata - Duda,1924
• H. dolichophallata - Kumar and Gupta,1992
• H. donaldi - (Wheeler,1981)
• H. duncani
  Hirtodrosophila duncani
  Hirtodrosophila duncani is a North American fruit fly, a member of the fungus-breeding genus Hirtodrosophila. Its taxonomic position has been unclear for a long time due to its unique male genitalia, but recent molecular studies indicate that it is closely related to the New World Sophophora....
  
  - (Sturtevant,1918)
• H. durantae - (Bock and Parsons,1979)
• H. elliptosa - (Okada,1974)
• H. fascipennis - (Okada,1967)
• H. flabellopalpis - (Okada,1991)
• H. flavohalterata - (Duda,1925)
• H. furcapenis - (Zhang and Liang,1995)
• H. furcapenisoides - (Zhang and Liang,1995)
• H. fuscohalterata - (Duda,1925)
• H. gavea - Vilela and Bächli,2005
• H. gilva - (Burla,1956)
• H. glabrifrons - (Duda,1925)
• H. grisea - (Patterson and Wheeler,1942)
• H. hannae - (Bock and Parsons,1978)
• H. hexapogon - (Okada,1991)
• H. hexaspina - Fartyal and Singh,2002
• H. hirticornis - (de Meijere,1914)
• H. hirtinotata - (Okada,1991)
• H. hirtominuta - (Bächli,1974)
• H. hirtonigra - (Bächli,1974)
• H. hirudo - (Bock and Parsons,1978)
• H. histrioides - (Okada and Kurokawa,1957)
• H. ikedai - (Toda,1989)
• H. innocua - (Malloch,1934)
• H. isatoidea - (Bächli,1974)
• H. jacobsoni - (Duda,1926)
• H. jordanensis - (Frota-Pessoa,1945)
• H. junae - (Grossfield in Bock,1976)
• H. kaindiana - (Okada and Carson,1982)
• H. kangi - (Okada and Lee,1961)
• H. kokodana - (Grimaldi,1990)
• H. kuscheli - (Brncic,1957)
• H. lamingtoni - (Bock,1982)
• H. lappetata - (McEvey and Bock,1982)
• H. latifrontata - (Frota-Pessoa,1945)
• H. latinokogiri - (Okada,1968)
• H. laurelae - (Bock,1982)
• H. levigata - (Burla,1956)
• H. limbicostata - (Okada,1966)
• H. longala - (Patterson and Wheeler,1942)
• H. longecrinita - Duda,1924
• H. longetrinica - (Bächli,1974)
• H. longialata - (Takada and Momma,1975)
• H. longicorpata - (Takada and Momma,1975)
• H. longifurcapenis - (Zhang and Liang,1995)
• H. longiphallus - (Gupta and Sundaran,1990)
• H. longivittata - (Hegde, Naseerulla and Jayashankar,1989)
• H. lundstroemi - (Duda,1935)
• H. macalpinei - (Bock,1976)
• H. macromaculata - (Kang and Lee,1961)
• H. magnarcus - (Frota-Pessoa,1951)
• H. makinoi - (Okada,1956)
• H. manonoensis - (Harrison,1954)
• H. mediohispida - (Okada,1967)
• H. mendeli - (Mourao, Gallo and Bicudo,1965)
• H. menisigra - (Bächli,1974)
• H. mexicoa - (Wheeler,1954)
• H. miniserrata - (Okada,1991)
• H. minuscula - Vilela and Bächli,2005
• H. mixtura - (Bock,1976)
• H. morgani - (Mourao, Gallo and Bicudo,1967)
• H. mycetophaga - (Malloch,1924)
• H. narinosa - (Frota-Pessoa,1945)
• H. naumanni - (Bock,1986)
• H. neomakinoi - (Gupta and Singh,1981)
• H. nigripennis - (Kang, Lee and Bahng,1965)
• H. nigriventer - (McEvey and Bock,1982)
• H. nigrohalterata - (Duda,1925)
• H. nokogiri - (Okada,1956)
• H. novicia - (Wheeler and Takada,1964)
• H. nubalata - (Okada,1991)
• H. nudimanona - (Okada,1991)
• H. nudinokogiri - (Okada,1967)
• H. okadomei - (Okada,1967)
• H. oldenbergi - (Duda,1924)
• H. omogoensis - (Okada,1956)
• H. orbospiracula - (Patterson and Wheeler,1942)
• H. ordinaria - (Coquillett,1904)
• H. paiviae - (Toda and Riihimaa in Toda et al.,1987)
• H. paleothoracis - (Grimaldi,1987)
• H. paleovitta - (Grimaldi,1990)
• H. palumae - (Bock,1976)
• H. paradentata - (Bächli,1974)
• H. paralatifrontata - (Bächli,1974)
• H. paralatinokogiri - (Okada,1991)
• H. paramanona - (Okada,1991)
• H. pentavittata - (Gupta and Ray-Chaudhuri,1970)
• H. pichis - (Vilela and Bächli,1990)
• H. pictiventris - (Duda,1925)
• H. pleuralis - (Williston,1896)
• H. pleurostrigata - (Burla,1956)
• H. poecilogastra - (Duda,1926)
• H. polypori - (Malloch,1924)
• H. prognatha - (Sturtevant,1916)
• H. pseudonokogiri - (Kang, Lee and Bahng,1965)
• H. quadrivittata - (Okada,1956)
• H. ramulosa - (Burla,1956)
• H. reilliana - (Bock,1982)
• H. sanyi - (Burla,1954)
• H. scutellata - (Duda,1926)
• H. seminigra - (Duda,1926)
• H. seminokogiri - (Okada,1967)
• H. sexvittata - (Okada,1956)
• H. shaitanensis - (Sidorenko in Toda et al.,1996)
• H. shiptonensis - (Bock,1984)
• H. solomonica - (Takada,1983)
• H. spinicauda - (Malloch,1926)
• H. spinipes - (Lamb,1914)
• H. strigocula - (Burla,1956)
• H. subflavohalterata - (Burla,1956)
• H. subgilva - (Burla,1956)
• H. sublineata - (Duda,1926)
• H. taeniopleura - (Okada,1991)
• H. tenuinokogiri - (Okada,1991)
• H. thoracis - (Williston,1896)
• H. toyohiokadai - (Sidorenko,1990)
• H. tozana - (Bock,1989)
• H. trapezina - Duda,1923
• H. tricolora - (Bock,1976)
• H. trifasciata - (de Meijere,1916)
• H. trifurca - (Bock,1982)
• H. trilineata - (Chung,1960)
• H. trivittata - (Strobl,1893)
• H. unicolorata - (Wheeler,1959)
• H. ussurica - (Duda,1935)
• H. vina - (Burla,1954)
• H. whianensis - (Bock,1976)
• H. yakushimana - (Okada,1967)