🦋 Family

Drosophilidae

11 species · Animals

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Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Diptera › Drosophilidae

Drosophila immigrans Sturtevant, 1921

Drosophila immigrans is a vinegar fly species used in evolutionary studies of virus-host coevolution.

Drosophila busckii Coquillett, 1901

Drosophila busckii is a fruit fly species native to North America, now widespread, linked to rotten potatoes and lab-reared on Wheeler-Clayton food.

Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830

Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is a widely used model organism in biological research.

Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931)

Drosophila suzukii, the spotted wing drosophila, is an invasive fruit pest that causes major economic damage to commercial fruit crops.

Drosophila hydei Sturtevant, 1921

Drosophila hydei is a large drosophilid fly notable for huge sperm, commonly used as pet feeder insects worldwide.

Drosophila repleta Wollaston, 1858

Drosophila repleta is a subtropical vinegar fly that can carry foodborne pathogens onto human food.

Scaptomyza pallida (Zetterstedt, 1847)

Scaptomyza pallida is a European fruit fly species in the Drosophilidae family.

Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970

Zaprionus indianus, the African fig fly, is a widely distributed vinegar fly species in the Drosophilidae family, believed to originate from central Africa.

Chymomyza amoena (Loew, 1862)

Chymomyza amoena is a species of fruit fly in the Drosophilidae family found in Europe.

Leucophenga varia (Walker, 1849)

Leucophenga varia is a mushroom-feeding fly species in Drosophilidae found in North America.

Cacoxenus indagator Loew, 1858

Cacoxenus indagator, the Houdini fly, is a kleptoparasitic fruit fly native to central and southern Europe.

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