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Species Drosophila (Sophophora) ananassae Doleschall, 1859

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

A pantropical and peridomestic species. In the Australian Region a number of undescribed cryptic species are known from genetic studies ((Tobari, Y.N., 1993); (Da Lage, J.-L., Kergoat, G.J., Maczkowiak, F., Silvain, J.-F., Cariou, M.-L. & Lachaise, D., 2007); (Schug, M.D., Smith, S.G., Tozier-Pearce, A. & McEvey, S.F., 2007)).


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
  • Madagascar

Australian Region

  • American Samoa
  • Australia
    • Norfolk Island
    • Northern Territory
    • Queensland
  • Bonin Islands (= Ogasawara-Gunto)
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Fiji
  • French Polynesia
  • Guam
  • Hawaii
  • Indonesia
  • New Caledonia
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa (American)
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tonga

Neotropical Region

  • Galapagos Islands

Oriental Region

  • Andaman Islands
  • Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)
  • Nicobar Islands

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)