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Drosophila testacea species group

The Drosophila testacea species group belongs to the Immigrans-tripunctata radiation of the subgenus Drosophila, and contains 4 species: Drosophila putrida, Drosophila neotestacea, Drosophila testacea, and Drosophila orientacea. Testacea species are specialist mushroom-feeding flies, and can metabolize toxic compounds in Amanita mushrooms. The Testacea species group is studied for its specialist ecology, population genetics, and bacterial endosymbionts. The North American species Drosophila neotestacea is perhaps the best-studied of the group for its interactions with parasitic wasps and nematodes, bacterial endosymbionts, and trypanosomatid parasites. Of note, selfish X chromosomes have been discovered in three of the four Testacea group species.

Systematics
The species D. testacea and D. neotestacea of the Testacea species group can be identified based on the presence or absence of an upward turn on the presutural seta of the mesonotum (anterior dorsal thorax). |2= }} ==Gallery==
Gallery
File: Dneo f1.tif |A D. neotestacea female File: Dneo f3.tif |A D. neotestacea female on the gills of a mushroom File: Dneo f2.tif |A D. neotestacea female on the gills of a mushroom File: Dtestacea male 2-3.tif |A D. testacea male File: Dtestacea male 2-5.tif |A D. testacea male on the gills of a mushroom File: Dtestacea male 2-2.tif |A D. testacea male on the gills of a mushroom == References ==
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