Drosophila

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Drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Subfamily: Drosophilinae
Genus: Drosophila
Fallén, 1823
Type species
Drosophila funebris[1]
(Fabricius, 1787)

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

  1. ↑ 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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