Drosophila bizonata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Drosophilidae |
Subfamily: | Drosophilinae |
Genus: | Drosophila |
Subgenus: | Drosophila |
Species group: | bizonata |
Species: | D. bizonata
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Binomial name | |
Drosophila bizonata Kikkawa and Peng, 1938
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Drosophila bizonata is a species of fruit fly in the Drosophila bizonata species group in the Immigrans-tripunctata radiation of the Drosophila subgenus. Drosophila bizonata is found in Japan. [1] D. bizonata breeds and feeds exclusively on mushrooms, and has a high tolerance for ibotenic acid, a toxic compound found in Amanita mushrooms. [2]