Fruit fly

Fruit fly may mean the flies in two families:

• Drosophilidae, a family of small flies. The family contains more than 4,000 species classified under 75 genera.^[1]
  • Drosophila: the genus of small fruit flies and vinegar flies, especially Drosophila melanogaster, famous for its role in 20th century genetics.

• Tephritidae, a family of large, colorfully marked flies which are mostly pests.^[2] Nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid fruit fly are put in almost 500 genera
  • Bactrocera cucurbitae or melon fly, an agricultural pest in Asian countries
  • Bactrocera oleae or olive fruit fly, native to the Eastern Hemisphere and an invasive species in North America
  • Bactrocera tryoni or Queensland fruit fly, an invasive pest species in Australia
  • Vidalia (fruit fly), a genus.

1. ↑ Yassin, Amir 2013. Phylogenetic classification of the Drosophilidae Rondani (Diptera): The role of morphology in the postgenomic era. Systematic Entomology. 38 (2): 349–364. [1]
2. ↑ Aluja, Martin, and Allen L. Norrbom. 2000. Fruit flies (Tephritidae): phylogeny and evolution of behavior. CRC Press.