''Drosophila phalerata'' is a species of mushroom-feeding fruit fly in the

Drosophila quinaria species group The ''Drosophila quinaria'' species group is a speciose lineage of mushroom-feeding flies studied for their specialist ecology, their parasites, population genetics, and the evolution of immune systems. Quinaria species are part of the Drosoph ...

. The genome of ''D. phalerata'' was sequenced in 2019 as part of a study on the evolution of immune systems, but was not assembled de novo. Unlike its sister species '' D. innubila'', the anterior and posterior costal wing veins of ''D. phalerata'' show prominent melanin deposition (see gallery below).

flies including the related '' D. guttifera'' display marked variation in their wing patterning, and melanin synthesis and deposition has been used as an obvious and malleable trait to study the regulation of gene expression.

Gallery

File: Dphalerata male.tif , ''D. phalerata'' male File: Dphalerata female.tif , ''D. phalerata'' female File: Dphalerata dorsal setae female.tif , Image of dorsal

setae In biology, setae (singular seta ; from the Latin word for "bristle") are any of a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms. Animal setae Protostomes Annelid setae are stiff bristles present on the body. Th ...

of a ''D. phalerata'' female File: Dphalerata wing female.tif , Image of melanin deposition along the anterior and posterior costal wing veins of a ''D. phalerata'' female File: CompareWings2.tif, Wing vein and melanin deposition of

members

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* phalerata Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1866 {{drosophilidae-stub