Open AccessTwo new species of the genus Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae), in Yanacocha protected forest, Pichincha, Ecuador
Author(s) -
María Isabel Tamayo G,
Violeta Rafael
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
revista ecuatoriana de medicina y ciencias biológicas (remcb)/revista ecuatoriana de medicina y ciencias biológicas (remcb) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2477-9148
pISSN - 2477-9113
DOI - 10.26807/remcb.v37i1.65
Subject(s) - spermatheca , drosophila (subgenus) , species group , biology , drosophilidae , papaver , genus , botany , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , genetics , drosophila melanogaster , sperm , gene
Two new species of genus Drosophila were described. These species were collected in Yanacocha Protected Forest, located in the northwest of the Pichincha volcano. Drosophila yanacocha sp. nov., was captured at an elevation of 3 587m and is member of D. annulimana group. Drosophila papaver sp. nov., was collected at an elevation of 3 771m. This species could not be placed with confidence in any species group, therefore it remains ungrouped. Nevertheless the spermatheca of D. papaver sp. nov., has a resemblance to the spermatheca of D. pictifrons Duda (1927) which suggest that both species could be related.