Drosophila
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A drosophila
See also: drosophila
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek δρόσος (drósos, “dew”) + φίλος (phílos, “loving”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Drosophila f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Drosophilidae – fruit flies or drosophilas.
- 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.
- 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
Derived terms
- Hirtodrosophila
- Laccodrosophila
- Liodrosophila
- Microdrosophila,
- Mycodrosophila
- Nesiodrosophila
- Paraliodrosophila,
- Paramycodrosophila
- anagrams of Drosophila
Descendants
- → Bashkir: дрозофи́ла (drozofíla)
- → Belarusian: дразафі́ла (drazafíla)
- → Bengali: ড্রসোফিলা (ḍrośōphila)
- → Catalan: drosòfila
- → Chuvash: дрозофила (drozofila)
- → English: drosophila
- → French: drosophile
- → Georgian: დროზოფილა (drozopila)
- → Greek: δροσόφιλα (drosófila)
- → Hindi: ड्रोसोफिला (ḍrosophilā)
- → Italian: drosofila
- → Kazakh: дрозофила (drozofila)
- → Kyrgyz: дрозофила (drozofila)
- → Portuguese: drosófila
- → Russian: дрозофи́ла (drozofíla)
- → Spanish: drosófila
- → Tatar: дрозофи́ла (drozofíla)
- → Ukrainian: дрозофі́ла (drozofíla)
References
Drosophila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Drosophila (ICZN) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Drosophila on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
