Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830
(a fruit fly)

Interactions where Drosophila melanogaster is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		pupa is parasitoid host of larva			Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Parasitoids of Drosophila in the British Isles, Davis, A.J., Varley, M.E., Baker, R.H.A. & Hardy, I.C.W., 1996	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae/	Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae	a chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Drosophila melanogaster/	Drosophila melanogaster	a fruit fly				pupa	Major			larva is parasitoid of pupa
		pupa is parasitoid host of larva			Spalangia erythromera	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Parasitoids of Drosophila in the British Isles, Davis, A.J., Varley, M.E., Baker, R.H.A. & Hardy, I.C.W., 1996	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Spalangia erythromera/	Spalangia erythromera	a chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Drosophila melanogaster/	Drosophila melanogaster	a fruit fly				pupa	Major			larva is parasitoid of pupa
		larva is parasitoid host of larva			Leptopilina heterotoma	a death wasp	Hymenoptera: Figitidae	Parasitoids of Drosophila in the British Isles, Davis, A.J., Varley, M.E., Baker, R.H.A. & Hardy, I.C.W., 1996	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Figitidae/Leptopilina heterotoma/	Leptopilina heterotoma	a death wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Drosophila melanogaster/	Drosophila melanogaster	a fruit fly				larva	Major			larva is parasitoid of larva
		larva is endoparasitoid host of larva			Leptopilina heterotoma	a death wasp	Hymenoptera: Figitidae	Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: Eucoilidae, Quinlan, J., 1978	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Figitidae/Leptopilina heterotoma/	Leptopilina heterotoma	a death wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Drosophila melanogaster/	Drosophila melanogaster	a fruit fly				larva				larva is endoparasitoid of larva
		larva is parasitoid host of larva			Asobara tabida	a death wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Parasitoids of Drosophila in the British Isles, Davis, A.J., Varley, M.E., Baker, R.H.A. & Hardy, I.C.W., 1996	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Asobara tabida/	Asobara tabida	a death wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Drosophila melanogaster/	Drosophila melanogaster	a fruit fly				larva	Major			larva is parasitoid of larva
		larva is parasitoid host of larva			Tanycarpa punctata	a death wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Parasitoids of Drosophila in the British Isles, Davis, A.J., Varley, M.E., Baker, R.H.A. & Hardy, I.C.W., 1996	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Tanycarpa punctata/	Tanycarpa punctata	a death wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Drosophilidae/Drosophila melanogaster/	Drosophila melanogaster	a fruit fly				larva	Major			larva is parasitoid of larva

Author & Year	Title	Source
Davis, A.J., Varley, M.E., Baker, R.H.A. & Hardy, I.C.W., 1996	Parasitoids of Drosophila in the British Isles	Entomologist Vol 115(1): 1-13.
Quinlan, J., 1978	Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: Eucoilidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 8. Part 1b, 58pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly)
Genus	Drosophila (vinegar flies)
Family	DROSOPHILIDAE (fruit or vinegar flies)
Superfamily	EPHYDROIDEA (fruit and shore flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Drosophila melanogaster is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly)

Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Drosophila
(vinegar flies)

DROSOPHILIDAE
(fruit or vinegar flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly):

Drosophila
(vinegar flies)

DROSOPHILIDAE
(fruit or vinegar flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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