Drosophila willistoni

Drosophila willistoni is a species of fruit fly. It was originally described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1916. It ranges from Florida, Mexico and Caribbean islands southwards to Argentina and is the most common Drosophilid fruit fly in the Amazon rainforest.^[2]

Drosophila willistoni
A D. willistoni female
Illustration of a D. willistoni male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Drosophilidae
Genus:	Drosophila
Subgenus:	Sophophora
Species group:	Drosophila willistoni group
Species:	D. willistoni
Binomial name
Drosophila willistoni (Sturtevant, 1916) [1]
Synonyms
Sophophora willistoni

This fruitfly is widely used for scientific research, including genetic research.^[3][4]