International Research Journal of Biological Sciences ___________________________________ ISSN 2278-3202Vol. 4(2), 68-69, February (2015) Int. Res. J. Biological Sci. International Science Congress Association 68 A species spectrum of Montium-Subgroup of Drosophila Species from different Geographical Regions of Uttar Pradesh in India Rabindra kumar* Department of Zoology, Harinam Singh Baghel Science and Technology College, Salon, Raebareli, UP, INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in, www.isca.me Received 18th October 2014, revised 27th December 2014, accepted 5th January 2015Abstract The present investigation deals with species spectrum of montium- subgroup of Drosophila flies were collected from different geographical localities of Uttar Pradesh in India during different seasons by using fermented banana baits. The flies were collected from Munsiganj and Lalganj from Raebareli District; Kalakankar and Mangarh from Pratapgarh ; Bighapur and Navabganj from Unnao and Pallia and Dudhawa from Lakhimpur District of Uttar Pradesh in India. The flies were collected and kept in 70% alcohol . Male and Female flies were grouped on the basis of morphological characters and analyzed taxonomically on the basis of genital structure. In the present study we focused on only montium- subgroup of Drosophila species. In this group we find Drosophila jambulina,D.kikkawai and D.punjabiensis from different geographical regions of Uttar Pradesh in India. Keywords:Species spectrum; montium subgroup; Drosophila species; geographical regions.Introduction Among various environmental factors , climatic variable import key to distribution of Drosophila species and inter specific variation in resistance to abiotic stress can help us to predict about their distribution and mechanism of adaptation in nature described by Anderson et.al.1; Joshi2; Parson3,4; Service5. The montium–subgroup in the melanogaster species group of Drosophila is the most number because of being the largest in species group and also in having several example of sibling species. These Drosophila species have been reported to be the most common and widely distributed species from subtropical forest and urban areas of the India described by Gupta6. Material and Methods The experiment was performed in the forest regions of Utter Pradesh in India immediately after rainy and cold seasons for different years and using trap bait method were used for flies collection. The collection were performed Munsiganj and Lalganj from Raebareli District; Kalakankar and Mangarh from Pratapgarh District; Bighapur and Navabganj from Unnao District and Pallia and Dudhawa from Lakhimpur District of Uttar Pradesh in India. The flies were preserved in 70% alcohol and all the male and female flies were grouped on the basis of distinguished morphological characters and analyzed taxonomically on the basis of genital structure adopting the method of McAlpine. Results and Discussion The field collection from different geographical regions of Uttar Pradesh, the drosophilid flies were collected in different seasons have yielded a total of 8136 flies during September 2010 to September 2013 in table-1. The total no. of male flies are 3799 and female flies are 4337 in table-3. The males were grouped on the basis of morphological characters and analyzed taxonomically on the basis of genital structure. The taxonomic analysis on the basis of genital structure and helped us to identify drosophilid flies. In this collection we only focused on montium subgroup of drosophila flies. The identified montium species are Drosophila jambulina; D. kikkawai and D. punjabiensis in table-2. Table-1 Total number of Drosophila flies collected of montium-subgroup of flies collected in different seasons from Uttar Pradesh in IndiaCollection Season Total no. of montium-subgroup of Drosophila flies September 2010 1094 February 2011 845 September 2011 1289 February 2012 992 September 2012 1393 February 2013 1045 September 2013 1478 Total No. of Flies 8136 Conclusion Among the species of montium subgroup of drosophilid flies, Drosophila punjabiensis were collected in large number then D. kikkawai and D. Jambulina in less numbers in table-2. Another interesting noticed during these collections were occurrence of Research Journal of Biological Sciences _______________________________________________________ ISSN 2278-3202Vol. 4(2), 68-69, February (2015) Int. Res. J. Biological Sci. International Science Congress Association 69 large number of flies were collected during after rainy season than after cold season. These observation clearly indicate that the variation in species spectrum and species distribution depend largely upon capabilities of resource utilization , i.e. fermented fruits and natural decays in different geographical conditions and in different seasons according to Dobzhansky and DaCunha8; Gupta, 9 and Kumar and Kumar10. Table-2 Total number of Drosophila flies collected of montium-subgroup of flies collected in different seasons from Uttar Pradesh in IndiaName of Species Sep. 2010 Feb. 2011 Sep. 2011 Feb. 2012 Sep. 2012 Feb. 2013 Sep. 2013 Total D.jambulina 211 190 276 185 305 176 298 1641 D.kikkawai 368 246 395 290 408 312 468 2487 D.punjabiensis 515 409 618 517 680 557 712 4008 Total no. of montium subgroup of Drosophila flies 8136 Table-3 Total number of male and female flies of montium-subgroup of Drosophila species collected from different localities of Utter Pradesh in India Name of Species Locality No. of Male No. of Female Total no. of Flies D.jambulina Munsiganj Lalganj Kalakankar Mangarh Bighapur Navabganj Pallia Dudhawa 67 93 45 87 68 112 87 226 75 99 52 95 76 112 94 243 142 192 97 182 144 234 181 469 Total 785 856 1641 D.kikkawai Munsiganj Lalganj Kalakankar Mangarh Bighapur Navabganj Pallia Dudhawa 87 109 123 144 113 181 159 202 109 126 148 182 129 213 184 278 196 235 271 326 242 394 343 480 Total 1118 1369 2487 D.punjabiensisMunsiganj Lalganj Kalakankar Mangarh Bighapur Navabganj Pallia Dudhawa 182 198 203 195 216 276 194 432 206 219 232 218 234 289 217 497 388 417 435 413 450 565 411 929 Total 1896 2112 4008 Total 3799 4337 8136 References 1.Anderson A.R., Collinge J.E., Hoffmann A.A., Keldt M. and Mc Kechnie S.W., Thermal tolerance tradeoffs associated with the right arm of chromosome 3 and marked by the hsr-omega gene in D. melanogaster, Heridity, 40,195-202 (2003)2.Joshi A., Laboratory studies of density dependent selection : Adaptation to crowding in D.melanogaster, Curr. 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