Drosophila statzi

Drosophila statzi is an extinct species of flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae. It is from the Upper Oligocene of the Rott Formation in Germany.[2]

Drosophila statzi
Temporal range: 28.4–23.03 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Drosophilidae
Genus:
Drosophila
Species:
D. statzi
Binomial name
†Drosophila statzi
(Statz, 1940) Ashburner and Bachli, 2004[1]
Synonyms

†Drosophila elegans Statz, 1940

The name Drosophila elegans Bock and Wheeler, 1972, though a junior synonym, is used for an extant species found in Taiwan and the Philippines but the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled for the name to be conserved for the extant species of fruit fly by suppression of its unused senior homonym (replaced by †Drosophila statzi (Statz, 1940) Ashburner and Bachli, 2004[3]).[4]

See also

References
  1. Applications-Drosophila elegans Bock & Wheeler, 1972 (Insecta, Diptera): Proposed conservation of the specific name. M Ashburner and G Bachli, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 61, 33, pages 165-166, London: International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, 1943-, 2004
  2. Neue Dipteren (Brachycera et Cyclorhapha) aus dem Oberoligozän von Rott. G Statz, Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 1940, 91, pages 120-174
  3. Ashburner and Bachli, 2004, page 266
  4. OPINION 2143 (Case 3306) Drosophila elegans Bock & Wheeler, 1972 (Insecta, Diptera): specific name conserved at the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature
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