DROSOPHILIDAE
(fruit or vinegar flies)

DROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Genus 2 subtaxa 6 trophisms 2 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Genus 17 subtaxa 42 trophisms 11 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 2 references
Genus 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Bächli, G., Vilela, C.R., Escher, S.A. & Saura, A. 2005 The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 39, 362pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
Basden, E.B. 1954 The distribution and biology of Drosophilidae (Diptera) is Scotland, including an new species of Drosophila Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol 6 Part 3 (15): 603-654.
Basden, E.B. 1952 Some Drosophilidae (Diptera) of the British Isles EMM.
() Cain, A.J., Collin, J.E. & Demerec, V.R. 1952 Correct application of the name Drosophila obscura Fallén and notes on the type of D. tristis Fallén (Dipt. Drosophilidae) EMM EMM: 193-196.
() Chandler, P. The British Isles species of Drosophilidae
Collin, J.E. 1952 Notes on some Drosophilidae (Dipt.) including five additional Britsh species, two of them new to science EMM: 197-199.
() Duda, O. 1934 Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region: vol 84 Drosophilidae Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region - Flies of the Palaearctic (Lindner, E. ed), Vol 84, 64pp, Schweizerbart and Borntraeger science publishers
Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis 1965 A short key to the British Drosophilidae (Diptera) including a new species of Amiota Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 16 (10): 233-244.
  • Larvae/Leaf-miners

  • Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
    Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

    DROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to DROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies):

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