The ''Drosophila cardini'' species group belongs to the subgenus Drosophila of vinegar flies in the

Immigrans-tripunctata radiation The immigrans-tripunctata radiation is a speciose lineage of ''Drosophila'' flies, including over 300 species. The immigrans-tripunctata radiation is a sister lineage to most other members of the subgenus Drosophila. A number of species have had ...

of the subgenus

Drosophila ''Drosophila'' () is a genus of flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "small fruit flies" or (less frequently) pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many species ...

. The closest relatives of Cardini species include '' Drosophila bizonata'', ''

Drosophila quinaria ''Drosophila quinaria'' is a species of fruit fly in the ''Drosophila quinaria'' species group. Most Quinaria group species feed largely on mushrooms. However ''D. quinaria'' instead eats decaying vegetative matter, a trait it evolved independen ...

'', and ''

Drosophila testacea ''Drosophila testacea'' is a member of the ''testacea'' species group of ''Drosophila''. Testacea species are specialist fruit flies that breed on the fruiting bodies of mushrooms. ''Drosophila testacea'' can be found in temperate regions of Eu ...

'' species groups, comprising mushroom-feeding flies. Cardini group species likely derived their more general feeding ecology from a mushroom-feeding ancestor, an evolutionary transition in feeding similar to ''

''.

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cardini species group Insect species groups {{Drosophilidae-stub

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