Drosophila ananassae

Drosophila ananassae is a species of fruit fly that is a useful model organism for genetic studies because it is easily cultured in the laboratory, and was one of 12 fruitfly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study.^[1]

Drosophila ananassae - Female

Drosophila ananassae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Drosophilidae
Genus:	Drosophila
Subgenus:	Sophophora
Species group:	Drosophila melanogaster group
Species subgroup:	Drosophila ananassae subgroup
Species:	D. ananassae
Binomial name
Drosophila ananassae Doleschall, 1858