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Drosophila immigrans
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Drosophila immigrans

Drosophila immigrans is a species of vinegar fly in the family Drosophilidae. Drosophila immigrans is a member of the Immigrans-tripunctata radiation of the subgenus Drosophila. It is related to the Drosophila quinaria and Drosophila testacea species groups, and the fellow Immigrans species group member Drosophila albomicans. Drosophila immigrans has been used in evolutionary studies to understand how viruses evolve with their hosts.

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6 branches of this group, most-observed first

Immigrant fruit fly

speciesDrosophila immigrans

Drosophila quadrilineata

speciesDrosophila quadrilineata

Drosophila nasuta

speciesDrosophila nasuta

Drosophila albomicans

speciesDrosophila albomicans

Drosophila sui

speciesDrosophila sui

Drosophila sulfurigaster

speciesDrosophila sulfurigaster

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