Drosophilidae

The Drosophilidae are a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies, which includes species called fruit flies, although they are more accurately referred to as vinegar or pomace flies. Another distantly related family of flies, Tephritidae, are true fruit flies because they are frugivorous, and include apple maggot flies and many pests. The best known species of the Drosophilidae is Drosophila melanogaster, within the genus Drosophila, also called the "fruit fly." Drosophila melanogaster is used extensively for studies concerning genetics, development, physiology, ecology and behaviour. Many fundam

thumb|thumbtime=20.4|Mating behavior of a Chymomyza species (video, 2m 56s) The Drosophilinae are the largest subfamily in the Drosophilidae. The other subfamily is the Steganinae.

Stegana is a genus of vinegar flies, insects in the family Drosophilidae. Seven species complexes have been established based on morphological data: S. biprotrusa (Chen & Aotsuka, 2004), S. castanea (Okada, 1988), S. coleoptrata (Scopoli, 1763), S. nigrolimbata (Duda, 1924), S. ornatipes (Wheeler & Takada, 1964), S. shirozui (Okada, 1971) and S. undulata (Meijere, 1911).

Amiota is a genus of flies belonging to the family Drosophilidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.

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Scaptomyza is a genus of vinegar flies in the family Drosophilidae. , there are currently 274 described species of Scaptomyza. Of those, 149 are endemic to the Hawaiian archipelago. This genus is part of the species-rich lineage of Hawaiian Drosophilidae, and is the sister lineage to the endemic Hawaiian Drosophila. The genus Scaptomyza is one of several nested within the genus Drosophila, rendering it paraphyletic.

Chymomyza is a genus of vinegar flies (insects in the family Drosophilidae). thumb|Chymomyza amoena

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Lordiphosa is a genus of fly in the family Drosophilidae.

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Samoaia is a genus of flies belonging to the family Drosophilidae.

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Acletoxenus is a genus of fly within the family Drosophilidae. The larvae within this genus are predatory and are associated with colonies of whitefly.

The Steganinae Hendel, 1917, is the smaller of two subfamilies in the fruit fly family Drosophilidae. The other subfamily is the Drosophilinae.

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