Most of the relationships, facts, and figures on this page where obtained from:
        Lemeunier, F., J.R. David, L. Tsacas, and M. Ashburner. "The melanogaster species group." The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Ed. M. Ashburner, H.L. Carson, and J.N. Thompson, Jr.  New York: New York  Academic Press, 1986.  147-256.
 
 
 

                           D. ananassae and D. varians male genetalia

 

                                               D. parabipectinata, D. pseudoananassae and D. varians male sex combs

                                               Distribution of Australian and Oriental species of the ananassae subgroup

                            Distribution of the Oriental, Afrotropical, and widespread species of the ananassae subgroup



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