What is Fruit fly?
'''Fruit fly''' may mean the [[flies]] in two [[family (biology)|families]]: * [[Drosophilidae]], a family of small flies. The family contains more than 4,000 species classified under 75 genera.<ref>Yassin, Amir 2013. Phylogenetic classification of the Drosophilidae Rondani (Diptera): The role of morphology in the postgenomic era. ''Systematic Entomology''. '''38''' (2): 349–364. [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00665.x]</ref> ** ''[[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.<ref>Aluja, Martin, and Allen L. Norrbom. 2000. ''Fruit flies'' (Tephritidae): phylogeny and evolution of behavior. CRC Press.</ref> 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)|''Vidalia'' (fruit fly)]], a [[genus]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Flies]]