Drosophila helvetica

Drosophila helvetica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Sophophora
Species subgroup: obscura
Species: D. radicum
Burla, 1948
Binomial name
Drosophila (Sophophora) helvetica

Drosophila helvetica is a rare European species of fruit fly from the family Drosophilidae. It seems to be associated with humid woodland habitat, and sometimes found near farms.[1]

References

  1. Shorrocks, B. (1972). Invertebrate types: Drosophila. London: Ginn & Co. pp. 144 pp. ISBN 0-08-025941-3.
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