Discovery Of The Drosophila (Drosophila) Robusta Species Group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) From Southeast Asian Tropics, With The Descriptions Of Six New Species

Six new species of the Drosophila robusta species group are described from Southeast Asian Islands.Kalimantan and Sunda Islands lie east of Bali, from which Drosophila barobusta sp.nov and D. uncinata sp.nov belong to the lacertosa subgroup, and D. sungaicola sp.nov, D. baliensis sp.nov, D. hitam sp.nov and D. subaquatica sp.nov to the okadai subgroup. The robusta group from Southeast Asian tropics exclusively inhabits streamsides in mountainous highlands with an elevation of more than 600 m from the sea level. Entomological Science, Vol. 13. 2010. P: 381–391