Drosophila melanogaster species group
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The Drosophila melanogaster species group belongs to the subgenus Sophophora and contains 12 subgroups. The phylogeny in this species group is poorly known despite many studies covering many of the species subgroups. The most likely explanation is that the various subgroups diverted from each other in a relative short evolutionary time frame. Three subgroups have not yet been investigated in molecular studies, and their position in the phylogeny is unclear. The suzukii subgroup is paraphyletic as D. lucipennis is systematically placed with the elegans subgroup.
Phylogeny of the Drosophila melanogaster group
Species subgroups:
- ananassae
- denticulata
- elegans
- eugracilis
- ficusphila
- flavohirta
- longissima
- melanogaster
- montium
- rhopaloa
- suzukii
- takahashii
