title: Drosophila (subgenus)
text: # Drosophila (subgenus)
  
  Drosophila is a paraphyletic subgenus of the genus Drosophila, a classification of fruit flies. This subgenus was first described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1939. Members of the subgenus Drosophila can be distinguished from other Drosophilid species by breaks in the pigmentation along the dorsal section of their abdomen.
  
  ## Phylogeny
  
  Cladogram of the subgenus Drosophila :
  
  Most species are within three major groups, the virilis-repleta radiation, the immigrans-tripunctata radiation and the Hawaiian Drosophila. Additionally, several smaller species groups are recognized consisting of smaller numbers of species, like the tumiditarsus species group and the polychaeta species group.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * D. immigrans (immigrans species group)
  * D. innubila (quinaria species group)
  * D. funebris (funebris species group)
  * D. neotestacea (testacea species group)
  * D. virilis (virilis species group)
  * D. mercatorum (repleta species group)
  * D. silvestris (Hawaiian picture-wing Drosophila)
  * Zaprionus indianus (Zaprionus genus)
  