Drosophila bizonata

Drosophila bizonata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Subfamily: Drosophilinae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Drosophila
Species group: bizonata
Species:
D. bizonata
Binomial name
Drosophila bizonata
Kikkawa and Peng, 1938

Drosophila bizonata is a species of fruit fly in the Drosophila bizonata species group in the Immigrans-tripunctata radiation of the Drosophila subgenus. Drosophila bizonata is found in Japan.[1] D. bizonata breeds and feeds exclusively on mushrooms, and has a high tolerance for ibotenic acid, a toxic compound found in Amanita mushrooms.[2]

References

  1. ^ Scott Chialvo, Clare H.; White, Brooke E.; Reed, Laura K.; Dyer, Kelly A. (January 2019). "A phylogenetic examination of host use evolution in the quinaria and testacea groups of Drosophila". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 233–243. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.027. PMC 6327841. PMID 30366088.
  2. ^ Tuno, Nobuko; Takahashi, Kazuo H.; Yamashita, Hiroshi; Osawa, Naoya; Tanaka, Chihiro (29 December 2006). "Tolerance of Drosophila Flies to Ibotenic Acid Poisons in Mushrooms". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33 (2): 311–317. doi:10.1007/s10886-006-9228-3. PMID 17195114. S2CID 5625446.
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