Drosophila mojavensis is a cactophilic species of fruit fly from the southwestern United States and Mexico, and was one of 12 fruitfly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study.[1]
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Species subgroup: | Drosophila mulleri subgroup
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Species complex: | Drosophila mojavensis complex
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Species: | D. mojavensis
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Drosophila mojavensis Patterson et al., 1940
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