Recent speciation with host change in the genus Lordiphosa Basden (Diptera: Drosophilidae) breeding on decayed herbaceous plants, with description of a new species based on integrative taxonomy
Abstract
We found a presumably new species that is closely related to Lordiphosa collinella but different from it in the range of host plants. Lordiphosa collinella is a generalist breeding on a wide variety of decayed herbaceous plants. In contrast, the new form almost specializes in breeding on Pachysandra terminalis. First, we delineate the latter specialist as a new species, Lordiphosa yuktopakina sp. nov. The hypothesis that they are….
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Kei Mitsuhashi, Hiroyuki F. Izumitani, Masanori J. Toda, Hide-aki Watabe, Yoshitaka Kamimura, Aya Takahashi, Jian-Jun Gao, Toru Katoh, Recent speciation with host change in the genus Lordiphosa Basden (Diptera: Drosophilidae) breeding on decayed herbaceous plants, with description of a new species based on integrative taxonomy, Entomological Science, 2026
DOI:10.1111/ens.70005
