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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).