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Issue: Vol. 4434 No. 3: 18 Jun. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.6
Page range: 502–510
Abstract views: 88
PDF downloaded: 4

Drosophila (Sophophora) carrolli n. sp., a new species from Brunei, closely related to Drosophila (Sophophora) rhopaloa Bock & Wheeler, 1972 (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Fakultät für Biologie, Biozentrum, Großhaderner Strasse 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California – Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Diptera Drosophila rhopaloa-subgroup South East Asia Brunei

Abstract

We describe a new species in the Drosophila melanogaster species group, Drosophila carrolli n. sp., showing morphological affinities with D. rhopaloa Bock & Wheeler, 1972.

 

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