What is Drosophila obscura?
{{Italic title}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Drosophila obscura'' | image = Drosophila obscura 01.JPG | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Fly|Diptera]] | familia = [[Drosophilidae]] | genus = ''[[Drosophila]]'' | subgenus = ''[[Sophophora]]'' | species = '''''D. obscura''''' | species_authority = [[Carl Fredrik Fallén|Fallén]], 1823 | binomial = ''Drosophila obscura'' | synonyms = ''Drosophila obscuroides'' <small>Pomini, 1940</small> }} '''''Drosophila obscura''''' is a very common [[Europe]]an species of [[fruit fly]]. It lives in most [[habitats]] except [[coastal]] areas and open [[heathland]]. [[Larva]]e can be found in the [[sap]] runs of [[deciduous]] trees.<ref>{{cite book|author=Shorrocks B. |year=1972|title=Invertebrate types: Drosophila. |publisher=Ginn |location=London|isbn=0-08-025941-3}}</ref> The name covers a whole group of very similar species. They are all in the [[subgenus]] ''[[Sophophera]]'', which includes the common [[Mediterranean]] fly ''[[Drosophila subobscura]]'' and the North American ''[[D. pseudoobscura]]''. The group is called the ''Drosophila obscura'' species group.<ref>Markow, Therese A. & O'Grady, Patrick M. 2005. ''Drosophila: A guide to species identification and use''. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-473052-6</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Drosophila|o]]