A new species of Drosophila obscura species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from China

Ji-Min Chen; Jian-Jun Gao

doi:10.11865/zs.20150107

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Zoological Systematics ›› 2015, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1) : 70-78. DOI: 10.11865/zs.20150107

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A new species of Drosophila obscura species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from China

Ji-Min Chen; Jian-Jun Gao

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Anew species of the Drosophila obscura speciesgroup is described here, namely Drosophila glabra sp. nov. It was recently found from the Maoershan National Nature Reserve, Guangxi,China. The characteristics of the new species are based not only onmorphological characters but also on DNA sequences of the mitochondrial COII (cytochrome c oxidasesubunit II) gene.

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Genetic distance / morphology / Old World / Oriental Region / Sophophora

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Ji-Min Chen; Jian-Jun Gao. A new species of Drosophila obscura species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from China[J]. Zoological Systematics. 2015, 40(1): 70-78 https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.20150107