Biology:Leucophenga varia
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Short description: Species of insect
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Tribe: | Steganini |
| Subtribe: | Leucophengina |
| Genus: | Leucophenga |
| Species: | L. varia
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucophenga varia (Walker, 1849)
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Leucophenga varia is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae.[1][2][3] It occurs in North America.[3] Unlike other Drosophilidae, it feeds on mushrooms,[4] which has impacted the evolution of the Diptericin gene of its innate immune system.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leucophenga varia Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=146841. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Leucophenga varia". https://www.gbif.org/species/1561246. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Leucophenga varia species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/660703. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Worthen, Wade B.; Jones, M. Tildon; Jetton, Robert M. (1998). "Community Structure and Environmental Stress: Desiccation Promotes Nestedness in Mycophagous Fly Communities". Oikos 81 (1): 45. doi:10.2307/3546466. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3546466.
- ↑ Hanson, M. A.; Grollmus, L.; Lemaitre, B. (2023-07-21). "Ecology-relevant bacteria drive the evolution of host antimicrobial peptides in Drosophila" (in en). Science 381 (6655): eadg5725. doi:10.1126/science.adg5725. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 37471548. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg5725.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13851845 entry
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