2012-06

Cuatro nuevas especies del grupo Drosophila onychophora (Diptera, Drosophilidae) en el Parque Arqueológico Rumipamba, Pichincha, Ecuador

The species of the subgenera Phloridosa and Drosophila (in this last one, regarding the Drosophila species groups: D. flavopilosa, D. onychophora and D. bromeliae) are species of Drosophila that developed only in flowers. The group D. onychophora was proposed to bring together exclusively antophilic species. The former group is composed by 18 species, and is associated to flowers of Asteraceae. Captures were made in the Parque Arqueológico Rumipamba, Pichincha, Ecuador, during February, May, July, September and December of 2009. The species were collected directly from flowers with an insect ...

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