Drosophila

Drosophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Arthropoda;
Class:	Insecta;
Order:	Diptera;
Family:	Drosophilidae;
Subfamily:	Drosophilinae;
Genus:	Drosophila; Fallén, 1823
Type species
	Drosophila funebris; (Fabricius, 1787)

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The genus Drosophila belongs to the bological family of the Drosophilidae.

↑ An application to change the type species to Drosophila melanogaster is under consideration by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature: K. van der Linde, G. Bächli, M.J. Toda, W.-X. Zhang, T. Katoh, Y.-G. Hu & G.S. Spicer (2007). Case 3407: Genus Drosophila Fallén: proposed stabilization of the usage of the name by setting aside of former type designations. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature: Announcement: 64(2).

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