Summary ¹

Drosophila suzukii, commonly called the spotted-wing drosophila, is a vinegar fly—closely related to Drosophila melanogaster (the common vinegar fly). Native to southeast Asia, D. suzukii was first described in 1931 by Matsumura. Observed in Japan as early as 1916 by T. Kanzawa,D. suzukii was widely observed throughout parts of Japan, Korea, and China by the early 1930s. By the 1980s, the “fruit fly” with the spotted wings was seen in Hawaii. It first appeared in North...

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_suzukii

More Info

• iNaturalist.ca taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• BugGuide
• CalPhotos
• CUIC Insect Images
• Field/Photo ID for Flies
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• ID tips for common Drosophila species
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• Systema Dipterorum
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム

iNaturalist.ca Map