Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Meigen, J.W. 1830. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Sechster Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xi + 401 +[3] pp. [after 1830.09.01]

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Diptera

family

Drosophilidae

genus

Drosophila

species

Drosophila melanogaster

Name

Synonyms

Drosophila aceti Heeger, 1851

Drosophila amelophaga Loew, 1862

Drosophila amelophila Loew, 1862

Drosophila ampelophaga Howard, 1900

Drosophila ampelophila Loew, 1862

Drosophila approximata Zetterstedt, 1847

Drosophila artificialis Kozhevnikov, 1936

Drosophila cellaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Drosophila emulata Chaudhuri & Mukherjee, 1941

Drosophila immatura Walker, 1849

Drosophila nigriventris Macquart, 1843

Drosophila pilosula Becker, 1908

Drosophila uvarum Rondani, 1875

Musca cellaris Linnaeus, 1758

Homonyms

Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830

Drosophila melanogaster Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

Drosophila melanogaster in Danish

fruit fly in language.

bananfluga in Swedish

Bibliographic References

1. Chown, S. L.; Convey, P. (2016). Antarctic Entomology. <em>Annual Review of Entomology.</em> 61(1): 119-137.
2. Struwe, Ingemar (1900-01-01 00:00:00) SWEDISH BRACHYCERA LIST (sammanställning av taxa inom Diptera)