Drosophila

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) + φίλος (phílos, “loving”).

• English: (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɹoʊˈsɑfələ/, /dɹəˈsɑfələ/

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Drosophilidae – fruit flies or drosophilas.
2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Drosophilidae – Drosophila (Drosophila).

• (species): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Ephydroidea - superfamily; Drosophilidae - family; Drosophilinae - subfamily; Drosophilini - tribe; Drosophilina - subtribe; Drosophiliti - infratribe

• (genus): Chusqueophila, Dorsilopha, Drosophila, Dudaica, Phloridosa, Psilodorha, Siphlodora, Sophophora - subgenera
  • Drosophila funebris - type species; Drosophila (Sophophora) melanogaster (= Drosophila melanogaster), Drosophila (Sophophora) simulans, Drosophila (Sophophora) sechellia, Drosophila (Sophophora) yakuba, Drosophila (Sophophora) erecta, Drosophila (Sophophora) ananassae, Drosophila (Sophophora) pseudoobscura, Drosophila (Sophophora) persimilis, Drosophila (Sophophora) willistoni, Drosophila (Drosophila) mojavensis, Drosophila (Drosophila) virilis, Drosophila (Drosophila) grimshawi - species with fully srquenced genomes; Drosophila macrochaetae - selected other species; see Drosophila on WikispeciesWikispecies for other species.

• Hirtodrosophila
• Laccodrosophila
• Liodrosophila
• Microdrosophila,
• Mycodrosophila
• Nesiodrosophila
• Paraliodrosophila,
• Paramycodrosophila

anagrams of Drosophila

• Dorsilopha
• Lordiphosa
• Siphlodora
• Phloridosa
• Psilodorha

• Drosophila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Drosophila (ICZN) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Drosophila on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons