Drosophila melanogaster
species of fly
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Summary
Drosophila melanogaster is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,877 views/month, #840 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: model organism[3]
- Taxon rank: species[4]
- Parent taxon: Drosophila[5]
- Taxon name: Drosophila melanogaster[6]
- Commons category: Drosophila melanogaster[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Drosophila melanogaster[8]
- Commons gallery: Drosophila melanogaster[9]
- Short name: D. melanogaster[10]
- Taxon common name: mosca de la fruta[11], mosca del vinagre[12], vinegar fly[13], fruit fly[14], mouche du vinaigre[15], Schwarzbäuchige Fruchtfliege[16], Schwarzbäuchige Taufliege[17], banaanikärpänen[18], bananflue[19], navadna vinska mušica[20]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]
- Chromosome count: 8[22]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[23]
- Sequenced genome URL: http://www.ensembl.org/Drosophila_melanogaster[24], https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Drosophila_melanogaster[25]
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Identifiers
Drosophila melanogaster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 67743[26]. Drosophila melanogaster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7227[27]. Drosophila melanogaster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 733739[28]. Drosophila melanogaster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5073713[29]. Drosophila melanogaster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 146290[30].
Why It Matters
Drosophila melanogaster has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]