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Nomenclator Detail Record
 
 
 
Name: Drosophila melanica ssp. paramelanica Griffen, 1942: 68
Type: TL: USA. Connecticut: Litchfield county, Woodbury (T A AMNH)
Status: (Available, Valid) Current Valid Name
Notes: Griffen attributed the name to Patterson 1942 (which is a nomen nudum to be described later), but validated the name based on chromosomal differences.
Valid Name: Drosophila paramelanica Griffen
Family: Drosophilidae
Category: Species
Range: (NE: NE) Minnesota to Quebec, s. to Nebraska and Georgia
URL:
Citation: Patterson, J.T. 1943. I. The Drosophilidae of the Southwest. Pp. 7-216, pls. 1-10. In his Studies in the genetics of Drosophila. III. The Drosophilidae of the Southwest. Univ. Tex. Publs. 4313: 1-327, 25 pls. [1943.04.01]
Verification Code: 99
Authority: Brake, I. & Bächli, G. 2008
Revision Date: 06/20/2023
Kind of Name: Species
Record #: 186736
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