Family Drosophilidae - Vinegar Flies

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Very pretty Drosophilids - Zaprionus indianus

Very pretty Drosophilids - Zaprionus indianus - female

They love squash! So, who are these flies? - Drosophila

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Acalyptratae)

Family Drosophilidae (Vinegar Flies)

Other Common Names

Pomace Flies

Numbers

Borror counts 181 species in N.America.

Two subfamilies: Steganinae and Drosophilinae.

Size

2.5-4.5 mm.

Identification

Usually yellowish in color. Wings with a break in costal vein near junction of subcosta. Eyes usually red.

Habitat

Usually around decaying vegetation and fruit.

Food

Decaying fruit and fungi also fresh sap and nectar from flowers. Some are ectoparasitic or predaceous.

Print References

(1)

Internet References

Wikipedia.

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 September, 2004 - 2:16pm
Additional contributions by Stephen Cresswell, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod
Last updated 18 February, 2008 - 9:17am

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