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Drosophila virilis
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Drosophila virilis

Drosophila virilis is a species of fruit fly with a worldwide distribution (probably due to human movements), and was one of 12 fruit fly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study. The males have bright red gonads that can be seen through the cuticle.

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Drosophila virilis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1630666.