''Hirtodrosophila duncani'' is a North American fruit fly, a member of the fungus-breeding genus ''

Hirtodrosophila ''Hirtodrosophila'' is a genus of fruit flies from the family (biology), family Drosophilidae. Originally ''Hirtodrosophila'' was a subgenus of the genus ''Drosophila''. It was raised to the status of genus by David Grimaldi (entomologist), Grima ...

''. Its taxonomic position has been unclear for a long time due to its unique male genitalia, but recent molecular studies indicate that it is closely related to the New World '' Sophophora''.van der Linde, K., Houle, D., Spicer, G. S. & Steppan, S. J. (2010). A supermatrix-based molecular phylogeny of the family Drosophilidae. ''Genetics Research'' 92, 25-38.

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Drosophilidae Diptera of North America Insects described in 1918 {{Drosophilidae-stub