Drosophila funebris

Drosophila funebris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Drosophila
Species group: funebris species group
Species: D. funebris
Binomial name
Drosophila funebris
(Fabricius, 1787) [1]
Synonyms

Musca funebris Fabricius, 1787

Drosophila funebris is a species of fruit fly. It was originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787, and placed in the genus Musca but is now the type species of the paraphyletic genus Drosophila.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Drosophila funebris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ↑ ICZN (2010). "OPINION 2245 (Case 3407) Drosophila Fallén, 1823 (Insecta, Diptera): Drosophila funebris Fabricius, 1787 is maintained as the type species" (PDF). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 67 (1): 106–115.


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