Gold Coast Flies (Diptera)Blow Fly (Calliphora ochracea) Drone Fly (Eristalinus sp) Odontomyia hunteri Robber Fly (Asilidae) Vinegar Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly (in the family Drosophilidae), that is often called the fruit fly, but more correctly termed the vinegar fly. There are a number of other common names including lesser fruit fly, pomace fly, or banana fly. It is a fly that feeds on yeast. They have a red-brown eye colour.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Schizophora
- Informal: Acalyptratae
- Superfamily: Ephydroidea
- Family: Drosophilidae
- Subfamily: Drosophilinae
- Genus: Drosophila
- Subgenus: infrageneric Sophophora
- Species: Drosophila melanogaster
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Drosophila (Sophophora) melanogaster Meigen, 1830, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/797fbfbd-a7e1-4ac7-a030-540caf6f29b2
- Animals in research: Drosophila (the fruit fly), 30 April 2013, by Gary Hime, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/animals-in-research-drosophila-the-fruit-fly-13571
Gold Coast Flies (Diptera)Blow Fly (Calliphora ochracea) Drone Fly (Eristalinus sp) Odontomyia hunteri Robber Fly (Asilidae) Vinegar Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
Gold Coast InsectsAntlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) Ants Bees Beetles Bugs (Hemiptera & Heteroptera) Buterflies & Moths Flies (Diptera) Wasps
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