Wings curled upward and usually divergent; dorsal thorax darkened and flattened; postscutellars erect and crossed.
Reported as "Dana\cy2" by Ray-Chaudhuri (1958), changed to "Dana\cu" by Ray-Chaudhuri et al. (1959); symbolized Dana\j: jaunty by Moriwaki (1968) and Hinton(1970). Phenotype and linkage indicate homology with cu of D.melanogaster.
Sarkar, 19 March 1956.