-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Flies Order (Diptera)

-Brachyceran Flies (Suborder Brachycera)​

-Cyclorrhaphan Flies (Infraorder Cyclorrhapha)

-​Schizophoran Flies (Zoosection Schizophora)

-​Acalyptrate Flies (Zoosubsection Acalyptratae)

-Superfamily Ephydroidea​

-Vinegar and Fruit Flies (Family Drosophilidae)

Small flies usually with a yellowish body and red eyes. This family includes the “fruit fly” often used by geneticists. Adults and larvae are usually found around fruit or decaying vegetation.