Drosophila (subgenus)
| Drosophila | |
|---|---|
| A Drosophila immigrans fly showing the breaks in the abdominal banding pattern of subgenus Drosophila flies | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Subfamily: | Drosophilinae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Subgenus: | Drosophila Sturtevant, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Musca funebris Fabricius, 1787 | |
| Species groups | |
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virilis-repleta radiation
immigrans-tripunctata radiation
unplaced species groups
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Drosophila is a paraphyletic subgenus of the genus Drosophila, a classification of fruit flies. This subgenus was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939. Members of the subgenus Drosophila can be distinguished from other Drosophilid species by breaks in the pigmentation along the dorsal section of their abdomen.
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