| Drosophila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Subfamily: | Drosophilinae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Subgenus: | Drosophila Sturtevant, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Musca funebris Fabricius, 1787 |
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| species groups | |
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virilis-repleta radiation
immigrans-tripunctata radiation
Hawaiian Drosophila
unplaced species groups
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The paraphyletic subgenus Drosophila of the genus Drosophila was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939.[1]
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Most species are within three major groups, the virilis-repleta radiation, the immigrans-tripunctata radiation and the Hawaiian Drosophila. Additionally, several smaller species groups are recognized consisting of smaller number of species, like the tumiditarsus species group and the polychaeta species group.