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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) » Laboratory Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

Species Drosophila melanogaster - Laboratory Fruit Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Internet References
Drosophila melanogaster - male Laboratory fruit fly - Drosophila melanogaster - male Laboratory fruit fly - Drosophila melanogaster - male Drosophila melanogaster - female Drosophila melanogaster - female Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster - Drosophila melanogaster
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)
Species melanogaster (Laboratory Fruit Fly)
Explanation of Names
Drosophila (Sophophora) melanogaster Meigen 1830
'black-bellied dew-lover'
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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 26 December, 2007 - 4:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 29 December, 2014 - 4:04am

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