Yassin Amir, Gidaszewski Nelly, Albert Béatrice, Hivert Jean, David Jean R, Orgogozo Virginie, Debat Vincent
CNRS UMR7592, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris VII Diderot, Paris, France.
Fly (Austin). 2012 Oct-Dec;6(4):298-302. doi: 10.4161/fly.21583.
Thirteen drosophilid species belonging to seven genera and two subfamilies are reported from three coral islands (namely Europa, Juan de Nova and Glorioso) that belong to the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean. Five species are cosmopolitan and five are African. Three are endemic to the insular Western Indian Ocean, including a presumably new Scaptodrosophila species. On the island of Juan de Nova, most captured flies had pollinia attached to the bases of their proboscis. DNA analysis using the rbcl gene revealed that these pollinia belong to the genus Leptadenia (Apocynaceae), of which a single species L. madagascariensis, endemic in Madagascar and Comoros, is present in this island. This is the first reported association between this plant and drosophilids.
在属于印度洋分散岛屿的三个珊瑚岛(即欧罗巴岛、新胡安岛和光荣岛)上,报告了隶属于七个属和两个亚科的13种果蝇。其中五种是世界性分布的,五种是非洲特有的。三种是西印度洋岛屿特有的,包括一种可能是新的澳果蝇属物种。在新胡安岛上,大多数捕获的果蝇的喙基部都附着有花粉块。使用rbcl基因进行的DNA分析表明,这些花粉块属于勒普藤属(夹竹桃科),该岛上有一种马达加斯加和科摩罗特有的物种——马达加斯加勒普藤。这是该植物与果蝇之间首次报道的关联。