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Name: Drosophila (Sophophora) chocolata Yassin, 2019: 15
Type: TL: Madagascar (HT M MNHN)
Status: (Available, Valid) Current Valid Name (junior primary homonym but treated in different genus after 1899 [Art. 23.9.5])
Notes: preocc. Bock 1984; David is listed as co-author of this name but does not fulfill the criteria for authorship of an outside author of the paper.
Valid Name: Drosophila (Sophophora) chocolata Yassin
Family: Drosophilidae
Category: Species
Range: (AF: AF) Madagascar
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Citation: Yassin, A., Suwalski, A. & Ravaomanarivo, L.H.R. 2019. Resolving the synonymy and polyphyly of the ‘Drosophila bakoue species complex’ (Diptera: Drosophilidae: ‘D. montium species group’) with descriptions of two new species from Madagascar. European Journal of Taxonomy 532: 1–26. [2019.06.18]
Verification Code: 99
Authority: Yassin, A., Suwalski, A. & Ravaomanarivo, L.H.R. 2019
Revision Date: 08/18/2024
Kind of Name: Species
Record #: 213808
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