}} }}The
phylogeny of the
melanogaster complex •
D. (S.) melanogaster Meigen, 1830
simulans complex •
D. (S.) simulans Sturtevant, 1919 •
D. (S.) mauritiana Tsacas and David, 1974 •
D. (S.) sechellia Tsacas and Bächli, 1981
yakuba complex •
D. (S.) yakuba Burla, 1954 •
D. (S.) santomea •
D. (S.) teissieri Tsacas, 1971
erecta complex •
D. (S.) erecta Tsacas and Lachaise, 1974 •
D. (S.) orena Tsacas and David, 1978 The species of the
simulans complex form a hard
polytomy. Most likely, the island species
D. (S.) mauritiana (
Mauritius) and
D. (S.) sechellia (
Seychelles) branched off from the mainland species
D. (S.) simulans in such a narrow time frame that it is impossible to distinguish which species branched off first and which second. == References ==