Drosophila Fallén, 1823
(vinegar flies)

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

Drosophila (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
Drosophila ambigua
a fruit fly
Species 1 trophisms
Drosophila busckii
a fruit fly
Species 4 trophisms
Drosophila funebris
a fruit fly
Species 4 trophisms
Drosophila helvetica
a fruit fly
Species 1 references
Drosophila immigrans
a fruit fly
Species 2 trophisms
Drosophila kuntzei
a fruit fly
Species 5 trophisms
Drosophila melanogaster
a fruit fly
Species 6 trophisms
Drosophila obscura
a fruit fly
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
Drosophila phalerata
a fruit fly
Species 6 trophisms
Drosophila repleta
a fruit fly
Species 3 trophisms
Drosophila subobscura
a fruit fly
Species 6 trophisms 1 references
Drosophila testacea
a fruit fly
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDrosophila (vinegar flies)
FamilyDROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies)
SuperfamilyEPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of 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 Drosophila (vinegar flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Shorrocks, B. 1972 Drosophila Invertebrate Types, 144pp, Pergamon Press

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Journals

Drosophila Information Service

Parasites

Davis, A.J., Varley, M.E., Baker, R.H.A. & Hardy, I.C.W. 1996 Parasitoids of Drosophila in the British Isles Entomologist Vol 115(1): 1-13.

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

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