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Leucophenga varia

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Species of insect

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
  • Drosophila varia Walker, 1849
  • Drosophila quadrimaculata Walker, 1852
  • Opomyza signicosta Walker, 1861

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

References

  1. ^ "Leucophenga varia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Leucophenga varia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "Leucophenga varia species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Leucophenga varia


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