Sophophora

Sophophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Neoptera Order: Diptera Suborder: Brachycera Infraorder: Muscomorpha Family: Drosophilidae Subfamily: Drosophilinae Genus: Drosophila Subgenus: Sophophora Sturtevant, 1939

The subgenus Sophophora of the genus Drosophila was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939. It contains the best known drosophilid species, Drosophila melanogaster.

Phylogeny

Currently, ten species groups are recognized:

Sophophora	Old World  melanogaster  species  group  montium  species  group  ananassae  species  group  fima  species  group  obscura  species  group New World  willistoni  species  group  saltans  species  group  Lordiphosa

• melanogaster species group (65 species, including D. melanogaster and D. simulans)
• montium species group (88)
• ananassae species group (24)
• obscura species group (41)
• saltans species group (21)
• willistoni species group (23)
• dentissima species group (17)
• fima species group (23)
• populi species group (2)
• dispar species group (3)

The subgenus is paraphyletic because the genus Lordiphosa in also placed within this subgenus.