Three new species of the Drosophila tripunctata group are described and illustrated. These new species were captured using plastic bottles containing pieces of fermented banana with yeast. The collections were from Napo Province, Ecuador at 2 200 m and 3 362 m above sea level. The new species are: Drosophila napoensis sp. nov., Drosophila cuyuja sp. nov. and Drosophila quijos sp. nov. The first two species belong to subgroup I and the latter species belong to subgroup III of the Drosophila tripunctata group.
RESUMEN Se encontraron cuatro especies nuevas en tres localidades en la provincia de Napo, Ecuador. Los individuos fueron colectados en tres altitudes 1.700 m, 2.200 m y 3.362 m. En todos los muestreos se utilizaron trampas fabricadas con botellas de plástico que contenían cebo (pedazos de plátano previamente fermentados con levadura). Las especies pertenecen a los grupos Drosophila mesophragmatica (D. neoamaguana sp. nov. y D. neoyanayuyu sp. nov.), Drosophila canalinea (D. cosanga sp. nov.) y Drosophila saltans (D. neoprosaltans sp. nov.); además D. guacamayos sp. nov. que por el momento no se encuentra relacionada a ningún grupo de especies de Drosophila.
One species in the Drosophila flavopilosa species group and another in the Drosophila morelia species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) are described and illustrated. The larvae of the flies in these groups develop exclusively in flowers and, usually, are rarely collected from rotten plant parts. However, in this case, these new species were not collected from flowers but were captured with fermented banana and yeast. It indicates that this species may be attracted to the odors of yeast fermentation and not only solanaceous flowers. The specimens were collected at 3362 m above sea level. There are four species of the Drosophila flavopilosa species group and one species of the Drosophila morelia species group previously described from Ecuador. The new species are: Drosophila pseudokorefae sp. nov. in the Drosophila flavopilosa species group and Drosophila pseudomorelia sp. nov. in the Drosophila morelia species group.
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Guillín, Emily Ramos, Rafael, Violeta (2015): Three new species of Drosophila tripunctata group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. Revista peruana de biología 22 (3): 289-296, DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v22i3.11433