Drosophila subobscura Collin in Gordon, 1936
(a fruit fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDrosophila subobscura (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 subobscura (a fruit fly) :
1: Drosophila subobscura (a fruit fly)
19 May 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on fermenting sap run on cut birch stump
Image 1: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 5: Male - genital capsule - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - genital capsule - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Drosophila subobscura (a fruit fly)
15 Mar 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on fermenting Birch sap run
Image 1: Male - lateral view - enlargedImage 2: Male - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Male - fore-leg - magnifiedImage 4: Male - fore-leg - magnified (2)Image 5: Male - fore-leg - tarsus - microscope low magnificationImage 6: Male - genital capsule - microscope low magnificationImage 7: Male - genital capsule - squashed - microscope low magnificationImage 8: Male - genital claspers - magnifiedImage 9: Male - genitalia - opened out - microscope low magnificationImage 10: Male - genitalia - squashed - microscope low magnificationImage 11: Male - tarsal combs - magnifiedImage 12: Male - tarsal combs - magnified (2)Image 13: Maxillary palp - microscope low magnificationImage 14: Maxillary palp - microscope low magnification (2)Image 15: Wing - magnifiedImage 16: Wing - magnified (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Cain, A.J., Collin, J.E. & Demerec, V.R. 1952 Correct application of the name Drosophila obscura Fallén and notes on the type of D. tristis Fallén (Dipt. Drosophilidae) EMM Ent. Mon. Mag.: 193-196.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Drosophila subobscura (a fruit fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Drosophila subobscura (a fruit fly)
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