Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931)
(Spotted-winged Drosophila)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDrosophila suzukii (Spotted-winged Drosophila)
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 suzukii (Spotted-winged Drosophila) :
1: Drosophila suzukii (Spotted-winged Drosophila)
28 Sep 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
swept off bushes in garden
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver background

Drosophila suzukii (Spotted-winged Drosophila) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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