Drosophila (Sophophora) miranda Dobzhansky, 1935

Grimaldi, David A., 2024, The Drosophila (Sophophora) obscura species group in the Americas (Diptera: Drosophilidae): review, revisions, and three new species, American Museum Novitates 2024 (4015), pp. 1-44 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/4015.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12173713
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scientific name	Drosophila (Sophophora) miranda Dobzhansky
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Drosophila (Sophophora) miranda Dobzhansky View in CoL

Drosophila miranda Dobzhansky, 1935: 377 View in CoL .

DIAGNOSIS: Edge of facial carina slightly flattened; acrostichal setae in 8 rows; distinguished from sympatric species D. pseudoobscura and D. persimilis by body being larger (by 10%–15%), darker (especially the legs), and sex comb with more teeth: ta1 with usually 8 teeth (ranging from 6–10), ta2 with usually 6 (ranging from 5–8); acrostichals in 8 rows.

TYPE: Holotype, ♂: Olympic Mts. Washington [no collector or date, handwritten] / TYPE [red label, printed]. In AMNH.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Six paratypes, same label data as holotype ; 9 specimens: Prairie Creek S.P. [State Park], Calif. July 1951 / M.R. Wheeler, W.B. Heed / 2179.2. In AMNH .

DISTRIBUTION: This species has one of the narrowest distributions in the group north of Mexico; it is relatively rare compared to the sympatric D. pseudoobscura and D. persimilis , preferring cool, wet coastal and montane forests of the Pacific Northwest. Its northern extent is Vancouver Island, south in the Cascade Range to Mt. Whitney and to the Monterey Peninsula in California.

COMMENTS: I have not studied the female terminalia.