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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Vinegar Flies (Drosophilidae) » Drosophilinae » Drosophila » (Sophophora) melanogaster species group (Drosophila (Sophophora) melanogaster species group)

(Sophophora) melanogaster species group

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Laboratory fruit fly - Drosophila melanogaster - male Drosophila? - Drosophila - male Drosophila melanogaster Vinegar Fly - Drosophila suzukii - male Drosophila - Drosophila suzukii - male Fly at porch light - Drosophila suzukii Fruit feeder, Rosa - Drosophila suzukii Drosophila - Drosophila suzukii - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Family Drosophilidae (Vinegar Flies)
Subfamily Drosophilinae
Genus Drosophila
No Taxon (Sophophora) melanogaster species group
Numbers
Two cosmopolitan species in this group: melanogaster and simulans
Remarks
Classified in subgenus Sophophora. Some propose elevating Sophophora to a full genus, but that would change the name of D. melanogaster to S. melanogaster, causing too much confusion.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 July, 2008 - 4:53pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 26 January, 2020 - 2:38pm

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