''Drosophila willistoni'' is a species of fruit fly. It was originally described by

Alfred Sturtevant Alfred Henry Sturtevant (November 21, 1891 – April 5, 1970) was an American geneticist. Sturtevant constructed the first genetic map of a chromosome in 1911. Throughout his career he worked on the organism ''Drosophila melanogaster'' with ...

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 The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...

. This fruitfly is widely used for scientific research, including genetic research.

References

External links

''Drosophila willistoni'' at FlyBase

''Drosophila willistoni'' at Ensembl Genomes Metazoa
willistoni Insects described in 1916 Diptera of North America Diptera of South America Insects of the Caribbean {{Drosophilidae-stub