Drosophila

See also: drosophila

Translingual

A drosophila

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) + φίλος (phílos, “loving”).

Pronunciation

• English: (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɹoʊˈsɑfələ/, /dɹəˈsɑfələ/

Proper noun

Drosophila f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Drosophilidae – fruit flies or drosophilas.
2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Drosophilidae – Drosophila (Drosophila).

Hypernyms

• (species): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Ephydroidea - superfamily; Drosophilidae - family; Drosophilinae - subfamily; Drosophilini - tribe; Drosophilina - subtribe; Drosophiliti - infratribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Chusqueophila, Dorsilopha, Drosophila, Dudaica, Phloridosa, Psilodorha, Siphlodora, Sophophora - subgenera
  • Drosophila funebris - type species; Drosophila (Sophophora) melanogaster (= Drosophila melanogaster), Drosophila (Sophophora) simulans, Drosophila (Sophophora) sechellia, Drosophila (Sophophora) yakuba, Drosophila (Sophophora) erecta, Drosophila (Sophophora) ananassae, Drosophila (Sophophora) pseudoobscura, Drosophila (Sophophora) persimilis, Drosophila (Sophophora) willistoni, Drosophila (Drosophila) mojavensis, Drosophila (Drosophila) virilis, Drosophila (Drosophila) grimshawi - species with fully srquenced genomes; Drosophila macrochaetae - selected other species; see Drosophila on WikispeciesWikispecies for other species.

Derived terms

• Hirtodrosophila
• Laccodrosophila
• Liodrosophila
• Microdrosophila,
• Mycodrosophila
• Nesiodrosophila
• Paraliodrosophila,
• Paramycodrosophila

anagrams of Drosophila

• Dorsilopha
• Lordiphosa
• Siphlodora
• Phloridosa
• Psilodorha

References

• Drosophila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Drosophila (ICZN) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Drosophila on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons