Drosophila cardini species group

Drosophila cardini species group
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Drosophilidae
Subfamily:	Drosophilinae
Genus:	Drosophila
Subgenus:	Drosophila
Species group:	cardini
Species
	cardini subgroup Drosophila acutilabella; Drosophila belladunni; Drosophila cardini; Drosophila cardinoides; Drosophila neocardini; Drosophila neomorpha; Drosophila parthenogenetica; Drosophila polymorpha; Drosophila procardinoides; ; dunni subgroup Drosophila antillea; Drosophila arawakana; Drosophila caribiana; Drosophila dunni; Drosophila nigrodunni; Drosophila similis; ;

The Drosophila cardini species group belongs to the subgenus Drosophila of vinegar flies in the Immigrans-tripunctata radiation of the subgenus Drosophila. The closest relatives of Cardini species include Drosophila bizonata, Drosophila quinaria, and Drosophila testacea species groups, comprising mushroom-feeding flies. Cardini group species likely derived their more general feeding ecology from a mushroom-feeding ancestor, an evolutionary transition in feeding similar to Drosophila quinaria.

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