Drosophila immigrans Sturtevant, 1921
(a fruit fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDrosophila immigrans (a fruit fly)
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)
Records of Drosophila immigrans (a fruit fly) :
1: Drosophila immigrans (a fruit fly)
6 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
1 male, baited with pineapple
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-leg - femur and tibia - inner face - microscope low magnificationImage 5: Male - fore-leg - femur - inner face - microscope low magnificationImage 6: Male - fore-leg - inner face - magnifiedImage 7: Male - fore-leg - metatarsus and tarsus 2,3 - microscope low magnificationImage 8: Male - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnificationImage 9: Stenopleural bristles - microscope low magnificationImage 10: Wing - magnified

Drosophila immigrans (a fruit fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Drosophila immigrans (a fruit fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Drosophila immigrans (a fruit fly)
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