The Steganinae Hendel, 1917, is the smaller of two subfamilies in the fruit fly family Drosophilidae. The other subfamily is the Drosophilinae. Diagnosis The subfamily is monophyletic (Grimaldi 1990; Sidorenko 2002), but can not be characterised by a single morphological character that distinguishes this subfamily from the Drosophilinae. See for a discussion on this subfamily "Drosophila: A Laboratory Handbook" by M. Ashburner, S. Hawley, K. Golic (not reproduced here due to copyrights). D. A. Grimaldi 1990. A phylogenetic, revised classification of genera in the Drosophilidae (Diptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 197: 1-128. V. S. Sidorenko 2002. Phylogeny of the tribe Steganini Hendel and some related taxa (Diptera, Drosophilidae). Far Eastern Entomologist 111: 1-20. Phylogeny The phylogenetic relationships within the subfamily have not yet been confirmed by molecular studies, and are partially based on traditional cladistic methods using primarily morphological characteristics and partly based on expert opinions. The classification below might be not approved by all scholars in the field, but gives a reasonable overview of our current knowledge: Tribe: Steganini Subtribe: Steganina Genus: Eostegana Genus: Stegana Subtribe: Leucophengina Genus: Allopygaea Genus: Cacoxenus Genus: Leucophenga Tribe: Gitonini Subtribe: Gitonina Genus: Amiota Genus: Apenthecia Genus: Apsiphortica Genus: Cacoxenus Genus: Crincosia Genus: Erima Genus: Gitona Genus: Paraleucophenga Genus: Paraphortica Genus: Phortica Subtribe: Acletoxenina Genus: Acletoxenus Genus: Hyalistata Genus: Mayagueza Genus: Pseudiastata Genus: Rhinoleucophenga Genus: Trachyleucophenga Subtribe unknown Genus: Electrophortica Genus: Pararhinoleucophenga Genus: Parastegana Genus: Pseudostegana Tribe unknown Genus: Soederbomia Genus: Pyrgometopa For species within the various genera, see fix Taxodros References Drosophilidae Articles containing video clips Brachycera subfamilies