Family Drosophilidae

Many Fabricius types are in either poor condition or even lost. Please contact the Diptera Curator for information on the condition of the types for individual species. The Wiedemann material listed here is not in every case type material.

Current Family Genus (orig. comb.) Species Author Citation new combination/synonym of
Drosophilidae Drosophila confusa Staeger 1844: in: J.C. Schiødte, Naturhist. Tidsskrift [2] 1: 18 none
Drosophilidae Musca funebris Fabricius 1787: Man. Ins. II: 345 Drosophila
Drosophilidae Stegana hypoleuca Meigen 1830: Syst. Beschr. 6: 80 Stegana coleoptrata (Scopoli, 1763)
Drosophilidae Ephydra lutea Wiedemann 1830: Aussereur. Zweifl. Insekten 2: 593 Drosophila
Drosophilidae Pseudogaurax trimaculatus Ismay 1987: Invert. Taxon. 1: 600 none

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