Drosophila funebris

Drosophila funebris
Drosophila funebris male
Drosophila funebris female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Species:
D. funebris
Binomial name
Drosophila funebris
(Fabricius, 1787) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Musca funebris Fabricius, 1787 Drosophila funebris (Fabricius, 1787)
Leucophenga atkinsoni Miller, 1921
Drosophila clarkii Hutton, 1901
Drosophila dudai Malloch, 1934
Musca erythrophthalma Panzer, 1794
Cordylura placida Harris, 1835

Drosophila funebris is a species of fruit fly. It was originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787, who placed it in the genus Musca[3][2] but is now the type species of the paraphyletic genus Drosophila.[4] Drosophila funebris is a member of the Immigrans-tripunctata radiation of the subgenus Drosophila.[5]

It is a cosmopolitan species.[6] It is an exotic species in New Zealand.[7] In Australia it is found in New South Wales, and Victoria.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Drosophila funebris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ a b "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 (NIBR: Species Details - Drosophila funebris)". species.nibr.go.kr. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  3. ^ Johan Fabricius (1787), Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus, genericis, differentiis, specificis, emendationibus, observationibus (in Latin), vol. 2, Copenhagen, pp. 1-382 [345], doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.11657, Wikidata Q135962984
  4. ^ ICZN (2010). "OPINION 2245 (Case 3407) Drosophila Fallén, 1823 (Insecta, Diptera): Drosophila funebris Fabricius, 1787 is maintained as the type species" (PDF). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 67 (1): 106–115. doi:10.21805/bzn.v67i1.a14. S2CID 81490149. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  5. ^ David A. Grimaldi (8 April 2022). "The Drosophila funebris Species Group in North America (Diptera: Drosophilidae)". American Museum Novitates. 2022 (3988): 1–25. doi:10.1206/3988.1. ISSN 0003-0082. Wikidata Q112049307.
  6. ^ a b "Species Drosophila (Drosophila) funebris (Fabricius, 1787)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  7. ^ "NZOR Name Details - Drosophila funebris (Fabricius, 1787)". www.nzor.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2025-08-24.