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unknown Drosophila similar to D. hydei
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Posted on 25-09-2017 23:32
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Hi,

I caught (among other species) some D. hydei in my appartement.
At the university there are also kept similar flies for feeding purposes. They were bought somewhere and I wonder what species this might be. They belong for sure into the repleta-group. They have brighter red eyes and usually have an 'X' shape on the scutellum. They can be kept on normal Drosophila standard medium, like D. melanogaster. Any suggestions?
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unknown species on the left side
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If it is a stock species, it could be any of the big repleta group, even a specific strain of the very similar hydei...
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See:

Markow, Therese A. and Patrick M. O'Grady. 2006. Drosophila: A guide to species identification and use. Elsevier.

A key to species of the repleta group likely to be found in a lab is on pages 134-137.
 
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Posted on 27-09-2017 15:22
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Thank you Paul and John,

my first approach was the key provided in the Drosophila species guide, but I could not always decide on a character described, so I followed both branches (e.g., coxa darker than rest of leg? There is some dark patterning, but not throughout the coxa - thus I don't know if this qualifies...) In the end, I came up with a list of possible candidates. It must be somewhere in the repleta-group and, if this might exclude some, they can be raised on standard Drosophila corn meal medium. I guess e.g. D. mojavensis needs a special diet?
And, as Paul mentioned, what about a certain strain of D. hydei with brighter eyes and different body size?
At a first glance, the male genitalia they looked similar to D. hydei...
 
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