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Drosophilidae

Index Drosophilidae

The Drosophilidae are a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies, which includes fruit flies. [1]

46 relations: Acalyptratae, Acetic acid bacteria, Animal, Arthropod, Behavior, Brachycera, Camillo Róndani, Cherry, Chymomyza, Compound eye, Comstock–Needham system, Cosmopolitan distribution, Drosophila, Drosophila (subgenus), Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila suzukii, Drosophilinae, Ecology, Ephydroidea, Family (biology), Ficus, Fly, Genetics, Genus, Hirtodrosophila, Insect, Insect wing, Leucophenga, Lordiphosa, Marquesia, Michael Ashburner, Microdrosophila, Mitosis, Mycodrosophila, Physiology, Pseudiastata, Raspberry, Rhinoleucophenga, Scaptodrosophila, Scaptomyza, Schizophora, Stegana, Steganinae, Tephritidae, Vinegar, Zaprionus.

Acalyptratae

The Acalyptratae are a subsection of the Schizophora, commonly referred to as the acalyptrate muscoids (or simply acalyptrates).

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Acetic acid bacteria

Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are a group of Gram-negative bacteria which oxidize sugars or ethanol and produce acetic acid during fermentation.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Behavior

Behavior (American English) or behaviour (Commonwealth English) is the range of actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems, or artificial entities in conjunction with themselves or their environment, which includes the other systems or organisms around as well as the (inanimate) physical environment.

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Brachycera

The Brachycera are a suborder of the order Diptera.

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Camillo Róndani

Camillo Róndani (21 November 1808 – 17 September 1879) was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.

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Cherry

A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).

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Chymomyza

Chymomyza is a genus of vinegar flies (insects in the family Drosophilidae).

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Compound eye

A compound eye is a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans.

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Comstock–Needham system

The Comstock–Needham system is a naming system for insect wing veins, devised by John Comstock and George Needham in 1898.

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Cosmopolitan distribution

In biogeography, a taxon is said to have a cosmopolitan distribution if its range extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats.

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Drosophila

Drosophila is a genus of flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "small fruit flies" or (less frequently) pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many species to linger around overripe or rotting fruit.

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Drosophila (subgenus)

Drosophila is a paraphyletic subgenus of the genus Drosophila, a classification of fruit flies.

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Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly (the taxonomic order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae.

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Drosophila suzukii

Drosophila suzukii, commonly called the spotted wing drosophila, is a fruit fly.

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Drosophilinae

The Drosophilinae are the largest subfamily in the Drosophilidae.

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Ecology

Ecology (from οἶκος, "house", or "environment"; -λογία, "study of") is the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment.

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Ephydroidea

The Ephydroidea are a superfamily of muscomorph flies.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Ficus

Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.

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Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Hirtodrosophila

Hirtodrosophila is a genus of fruit flies from the family Drosophilidae.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Insect wing

Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly.

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Leucophenga

Leucophenga is a genus of fruit flies (insects in the family Drosophilidae).

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Lordiphosa

Lordiphosa is a genus of fly in the family Drosophilidae.

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Marquesia

Marquesia is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae.

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Michael Ashburner

Michael Ashburner (born 23 May 1942) is a biologist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Genetics at University of Cambridge.

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Microdrosophila

Microdrosophila is a genus of vinegar flies, insects in the family Drosophilidae.

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Mitosis

In cell biology, mitosis is a part of the cell cycle when replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei.

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Mycodrosophila

Mycodrosophila is a genus of vinegar flies, insects in the family Drosophilidae.

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Physiology

Physiology is the scientific study of normal mechanisms, and their interactions, which work within a living system.

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Pseudiastata

Pseudiastata is a genus of vinegar flies (insects in the family Drosophilidae).

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Raspberry

The raspberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus; the name also applies to these plants themselves.

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Rhinoleucophenga

Rhinoleucophenga is a genus of fruit flies (insects in the family Drosophilidae).

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Scaptodrosophila

Scaptodrosophila is a genus of flies of the Drosophilidae family.

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Scaptomyza

Scaptomyza is a genus of vinegar flies, insects in the family Drosophilidae.

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Schizophora

The Schizophora are a section of true flies containing 78 families, which are collectively referred to as muscoids, although technically the term "muscoid" should be limited to flies in the superfamily Muscoidea; this is an example of informal, historical usage persisting in the vernacular.

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Stegana

Stegana is a genus of vinegar flies, insects in the family Drosophilidae.

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Steganinae

The Steganinae Hendel, 1917, is the smaller of two subfamilies in the fruit fly family Drosophilidae.

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Tephritidae

The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae.

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Vinegar

Vinegar is a liquid consisting of about 5–20% acetic acid (CH3COOH), water (H2O), and trace chemicals that may include flavorings.

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Zaprionus

The genus Zaprionus belongs to the family fruit fly Drosophilidae and is positioned within the paraphyletic genus Drosophila.

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D. hydei, Drosophilid.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophilidae

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