Drosophila Fallén, 1823
(vinegar flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Drosophila helvetica
a fruit fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Drosophila immigrans
a fruit fly
(Click to open)
 		Species 10 images
Drosophila melanogaster
a fruit fly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 8 images
Drosophila obscura
a fruit fly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 51 images 1 ident. refs
Drosophila subobscura
a fruit fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 26 images 1 ident. refs
Drosophila suzukii
Spotted-winged Drosophila
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 8 images
Drosophila testacea
a fruit fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDrosophila (vinegar flies)
FamilyDROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Shorrocks, B. 1972 Drosophila Invertebrate Types, 144pp, Pergamon Press

Drosophila (vinegar flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Drosophila (vinegar flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 41 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Drosophila (vinegar flies)
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