Drosophila melanogaster

Taxonomy ID: 7227 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:7227)

current name

Drosophila melanogaster  Meigen, 1830

homotypic synonym:

Sophophora melanogaster  (Meigen, 1830)

includes:

Diptera sp. DNAS-2A9-224646

Genbank common name: fruit fly
NCBI BLAST name: flies
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 5 (Invertebrate Mitochondrial)

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Protostomia; Ecdysozoa; Panarthropoda; Arthropoda; Mandibulata; Pancrustacea; Hexapoda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Eremoneura; Cyclorrhapha; Schizophora; Acalyptratae; Ephydroidea; Drosophilidae; Drosophilinae; Drosophilini; Drosophila; Sophophora; melanogaster group; melanogaster subgroup

Comments and References:

image:Drosophila melanogaster Image by Sanjay Acharya from Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.