Scaptodrosophila deflexa (Duda, 1924)
(a fruit fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScaptodrosophila deflexa (a fruit fly)
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 Scaptodrosophila deflexa (a fruit fly) :
1: Scaptodrosophila deflexa (a fruit fly)
6 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
1 male baited with pineapple
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - clasper comb - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head - profile - showing carina - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Male - terminalia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Sternopleurals - microscope low magnification

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Collin, J.E. 1952 Notes on some Drosophilidae (Dipt.) including five additional Britsh species, two of them new to science Ent. Mon. Mag.: 197-199.

Scaptodrosophila deflexa (a fruit fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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