Drosophila hemipeza NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. Drosophila hemipeza is most closely related to D. planitibia and D. differens. The key differences among these species is in the color of the face, which in D. hemipeza is pale yellow and densely covered with white fuzz. The thorax of D. hemipeza is predominantly yellow with two brown stripes on the top, and the legs are entirely yellow. Drosophila is a genus of flies of the family Drosophilidae. It comprises over 1500 described species, but is estimated to have several thousands. It comprises over 1500 described species, but is estimated to have several thousands. Alfred Sturtevant divided Drosophila into a number of subgenera, including Drosophila, Sophophora, and Dorsilopha. ^ Bächli, G. 1999-2006. TaxoDros: The database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidae. ^ Brake, I. & Bächli, G. (2008). Drosophilidae (Diptera).
