Subgenus DROSOPHILA Fallén—Nominotypical subgenus

Drosophila (Drosophila) busckii Coquillett, 1901

Drosophila busckii Coquillett, 1901a: 18 . Lectotype, female (designated by Bachli, 1982: 292, but lectotype already mentioned in Rocha Pite & Tsacas, 1980: 38). USA (District of Columbia: Washington) (USNM).

Drosophila plurilineata Villeneuve, 1911: 83 . France (Paris).

Drosophila rubrostriata Becker, 1908: 155 . Spain (Canary Is.: Teneriffe).

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.

Egyptian localities: Coastal Strip: Alexandria (Burla & Bächli 1978; Bächli et al. 1982). Lower Nile Valley & Delta: Cairo (Khishin 1956), Mansoura (Burla & Bächli 1978; Bächli et al. 1982).

Dates of collection: March & October.