The BioFiles - Bill Hubick

    No Common Name (Leucophenga varia)

    Source: Wikipedia

    Leucophenga varia
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Diptera
    Family: Drosophilidae
    Tribe: Steganini
    Subtribe: Leucophengina
    Genus: Leucophenga
    Species:
    L. varia
    Binomial name
    Leucophenga varia
    (Walker, 1849)
    Synonyms[1]
    • Drosophila varia Walker, 1849
    • Drosophila quadrimaculata Walker, 1852
    • Opomyza signicosta Walker, 1861

    Leucophenga varia is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae.[1][2][3] It occurs in North America.[3] Unlike other Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms,[4] which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system.[5]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ a b "Leucophenga varia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
    2. ^ "Leucophenga varia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
    3. ^ Worthen, Wade B.; Jones, M. Tildon; Jetton, Robert M. (1998). "Community Structure and Environmental Stress: Desiccation Promotes Nestedness in Mycophagous Fly Communities". Oikos. 81 (1): 45. doi:10.2307/3546466. JSTOR 3546466.
    4. ^ Hanson, M. A.; Grollmus, L.; Lemaitre, B. (2023-07-21). "Ecology-relevant bacteria drive the evolution of host antimicrobial peptides in Drosophila". Science. 381 (6655): eadg5725. doi:10.1126/science.adg5725. hdl:10871/133708. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 37471548. S2CID 259115731.
    [edit]