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High Diversity of the Drosophila angor Group in Southwestern China, with Descriptions of Five New Species (Insecta: Diptera: Drosophilidae)

  • Hideaki Watabe1
  • Liping He2
  1. 1The Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University
  2. 2Gill Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Indiana University
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Abstract

Five new species of the species group of Drosophila (Siphlodora) angor Lin and Ting, 1971 (Diptera: Drosophilidae) are described from southwestern China, substantially increasing the species diversity of this poorly studied Asian lineage. New distributional records are reported for three known species, and an identification key to all species is provided. Our results reveal a remarkably high species diversity of the angor group in Yunnan Province, where multiple species coexist in heterogeneous montane environments. These findings highlight the importance of southwestern China, particularly Yunnan Province, as a center of diversification for the angor group and provide new insights into the early diversification of the virilis–repleta radiation of the genus Drosophila.

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@article{watabe2026high,
  title = {{High Diversity of the Drosophila angor Group in Southwestern China, with Descriptions of Five New Species (Insecta: Diptera: Drosophilidae)}},
  author = {Hideaki Watabe and Liping He},
  journal = {Species Diversity},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.12782/specdiv.31.309},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.31.309},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - High Diversity of the Drosophila angor Group in Southwestern China, with Descriptions of Five New Species (Insecta: Diptera: Drosophilidae)
AU  - Hideaki Watabe
AU  - Liping He
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/28
JO  - Species Diversity
DO  - 10.12782/specdiv.31.309
UR  - https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.31.309
AB  - Five new species of the species group of Drosophila (Siphlodora) angor Lin and Ting, 1971 (Diptera: Drosophilidae) are described from southwestern China, substantially increasing the species diversity of this poorly studied Asian lineage. New distributional records are reported for three known species, and an identification key to all species is provided. Our results reveal a remarkably high species diversity of the angor group in Yunnan Province, where multiple species coexist in heterogeneous montane environments. These findings highlight the importance of southwestern China, particularly Yunnan Province, as a center of diversification for the angor group and provide new insights into the early diversification of the virilis–repleta radiation of the genus Drosophila.
SN  - 1342-1670
SN  - 2189-7301
ER  -