Drosophila (subgenus)

Drosophila
	A Drosophila immigrans fly showing the breaks in the abdominal banding pattern of subgenus Drosophila flies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Drosophilidae
Subfamily:	Drosophilinae
Genus:	Drosophila
Subgenus:	Drosophila; Sturtevant, 1939
Type species
	Musca funebris; Fabricius, 1787
species groups
	virilis-repleta radiation; angor; annulimana; bromeliae; canalinea; carbonaria; carsoni; coffeata; dreyfusi; flavopilosa; melanica; mesophragmatica; nannoptera; peruviana; quadrisetata; repleta; robusta; virilis; immigrans-tripunctata radiation; bizonata; calloptera; cardini; funebris; guarani; histrio; macroptera; pallidipennis; pinicola; quinaria; rubrifrons; sticta; testacea; tripunctata; immigrans; Hawaiian Drosophila; antopocerus; ateledrosophila; haleakalae; "modified mouthparts"; "modified tarsus"; nudidrosophila; "picture wing"; rustica; unplaced species groups; antioquia; aureate; nigrosparsa; onychophora; picta; polychaeta; simulivora; tumiditarsus; xanthopallescens;

Drosophila is a paraphyletic subgenus of the genus Drosophila, a classification of fruit flies. This subgenus was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939.^[1] Members of the subgenus Drosophila can be distinguished from other Drosophilid species by breaks in the pigmentation along the dorsal section of their abdomen.

Phylogeny

Most species are within three major groups, the virilis-repleta radiation, the immigrans-tripunctata radiation and the Hawaiian Drosophila. Additionally, several smaller species groups are recognized consisting of smaller number of species, like the tumiditarsus species group and the polychaeta species group.^[2]^[3]