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Population structure and host-plant specialization in two Scaptodrosophila flower-breeding species.
Heredity - 1 Jan 2005
Barker J S F
Abstract excerpt
In contrast to phytophagous insect species, little attention has been paid to the possibility of host races in the Drosophilidae, although flower-breeding species, where courtship and mating take place on the flowers, are likely candidates. Two species of Scaptodrosophila, S. hibisci and S. aclinata, are restricted to flowers of Hibiscus species (section Furcaria), and the Furcaria specialization likely predated...
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