Fruit flies [1] [2] ( lat. Drosophilidae ) - a family from the order of dipterans insects ( Diptera ), includes 4002 species [3] . Has a worldwide distribution. The most famous genus is Drosophila ( Drosophila ). Representatives of this genus are also called fruit flies .
| Fruit flies |
 Fruit fly from the genus Drosophila , Tanzania |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Suborder : | Short-winged Diptera |
| Infrastructure : | Round flies |
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| International scientific name |
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Drosophilidae Rondani , 1856 |
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The family includes two subfamilies - and - and about 70 genera with 4000 species. Larvae develop in decaying plant debris, fruits , vegetables , and mushrooms .
Childbirth [3] :
- Acletoxenus
- Allopygaea
- Amiota
- Apacrochaeta
- Apenthecia
- Apsiphortica
- Baeodrosophila
- Balara
- Bialba
- Cacoxenus
- Calodrosophila
- Celidosoma
- Chymomyza
- Cladochaeta
- Collessia
- Colocasiomyia
- Crincosia
- Dettopsomyia
- Diathoneura
- Dichaetophora
- Dicladochaeta
- Drosophila
- Eostegana
- Erima
- Gitona
- Hirtodrosophila
- Hypselothyrea
- Jeannelopsis
- Laccodrosophila
- Leucophenga
- Liodrosophila
- Lissocephala
- Lordiphosa
- Luzonimyia
- Marquesia
- Mayagueza
- Microdrosophila
- Mulgravea
- Mycodrosophila
- Neorhinoleucophenga
- Neotanygastrella
- Palmomyia
- Palmophila
- Paraleucophenga
- Paraliodrosophila
- Paramycodrosophila
- Paraphortica
- Pararhinoleucophenga
- Parastegana
- Phortica
- Phorticella
- Poliocephala
- Pseudiastata
- Pseudocacoxenus
- Pseudostegana
- Pyrgometopa
- Rhinoleucophenga
- Samoaia
- Scaptodrosophila
- Scaptomyza
- Soederbomia
- Sphaerogastrella
- Sphyrnoceps
- Stegana
- Styloptera
- Tambourella
- Trachyleucophenga
- Zaprionus
- Zapriothrica
- Zaropunis
- Zygothrica