Drosophila
See also: drosophila
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Ancient Greek δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) + φίλος (phílos, “loving”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Drosophilidae – fruit flies or drosophilas.
- A taxonomic subgenus within the family Drosophilidae – Drosophila (Drosophila).
Hypernyms edit
- (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 edit
- (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 edit
- Hirtodrosophila
- Laccodrosophila
- Liodrosophila
- Microdrosophila,
- Mycodrosophila
- Nesiodrosophila
- Paraliodrosophila,
- Paramycodrosophila
- anagrams of Drosophila
References edit
- Drosophila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Drosophila (ICZN) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Drosophila on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons