Hirtodrosophila confusa

Hirtodrosophila confusa is a widespread, but rare European species of fruit fly from the family Drosophilidae.[1]

Hirtodrosophila confusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Drosophilidae
Genus:
Hirtodrosophila
Species group:
quadrivittata
Species:
H. confusa

(Staeger, 1844)
Binomial name
Hirtodrosophila confusa
Synonyms
  • Drosophila confusa Staeger, 1844
  • Drosophila vibrissina Duda, 1924
  • Drosophila grischuna Burla, 1951

Description

Relatively large species (for Drosophilidae), wing length about 3.5 mm (0.14 in), generally yellowish body with some variable brown triangular marking on the dorsal surface of the abdomen, wings yellowish.[1][2]

Distribution

Widespread in most of the Palaearctic though rare in northern parts,[2] absent from Great Britain.[3]

Biology

It is mostly associated with woodland habitat types. Specimens have been reared from fungi,[2] which is suspected to the preferred larval food. Populations peak in about July.[1]

References
  1. Shorrocks, B. (1972). Invertebrate types: Drosophila. London: Ginn & Co. p. 144. ISBN 0-08-025941-3.
  2. Bächli, Gerhard; Vilela, Carlos R.; Escher, Stefan Andersson; Saura, Anssi (2004). The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 39. Leiden: Brill. p. 245. ISBN 90-04-14074-3.
  3. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). "Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. 12 (1): 1–234.


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