Two new species of the genus Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae), in Yanacocha protected forest, Pichincha, Ecuador

Abstract

ABSTRACT.-Two new species of genus Drosophila were described. These species were collected in Yanacocha Protected Forest, located in the northwest of the Pichincha volcano. Drosophila yanacocha sp. nov., was captured at an elevation of 3 587m and is member of D. annulimana group. Drosophila papaver sp. nov., was collected at an elevation of 3 771m. This species could not be placed with confidence in any species group, therefore it remains ungrouped. Nevertheless the spermatheca of D. papaver sp. nov., has a resemblance to the spermatheca of D. pictifrons Duda (1927) which suggest that both species could be related.

Dos especies nuevas del género Drosophila y el registro de Parascaptomyza clavifera en la provincia del Carchi, Ecuador

“…Los estudios del género Drosophila en los páramos ecuatorianos se han centrado en las provincias de Pichincha y Napo, donde se han descubierto muchas especies nuevas, como es el caso del Volcán Pasochoa (Vela y Rafael 2000. 2003Vela y Rafael 2004a, b, c;Vela y Rafael 2005a, b), Volcán Pichincha (Céspedes y Rafael 2012), bosque Protector Yanacocha en la zona noroccidental del Volcán Pichincha (Tamayo y Rafael 2016), y páramos de Artículo científico Papallacta (Figuero y Rafael 2011. Figuero et al 2012a, b, Figuero y Rafael 2013.…”