Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830
(a fruit fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDrosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly)
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)
Records of Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly) :
1: Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly)
20 Apr 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, indoors
Image 1: Female - antennae - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Wing - microscope low magnification - white background

Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly)
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