Drosophila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Drosophilidae |
Subfamily: | Drosophilinae |
Genus: | Drosophila |
Subgenus: |
Drosophila Sturtevant, 1939 |
Type species | |
Musca funebris Fabricius, 1787 |
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species groups | |
virilis-repleta radiation
immigrans-tripunctata radiation
Hawaiian Drosophila
unplaced species groups |
virilis-repleta radiation
immigrans-tripunctata radiation
Hawaiian Drosophila
unplaced species groups
Drosophila is a paraphyletic subgenus of the genus Drosophila, a classification of fruit flies. This subgenus was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939.
immigrans-tripunctata radiation
D. quadrilineata species group
virilis-repleta radiation (in part)
virilis-repleta radiation (in part)
Most species are within three major groups, the virilis-repleta radiation, the immigrans-tripunctata radiation and the Hawaiian Drosophila. Additionally, several smaller species groups are recognized consisting of smaller number of species, like the tumiditarsus species group and the polychaeta species group.