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Fruit Fly

Drosophila melanogaster Meigen 1830

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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adventive in

Simpson et al 2020
The Hawaiian Islands
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855811

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are eaten by

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Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer 1802)
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Araneus diadematus Clerck 1757 (Garden spider)
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Araneus diadematus Clerck 1757 (Garden spider)

are host of

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Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani 1875) (Parasitoid wasp)
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Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani 1875) (Parasitoid wasp)
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Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani 1875) (Parasitoid wasp)
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Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani 1875) (Parasitoid wasp)
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Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani 1875) (Parasitoid wasp)

are parasitized by

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Tubulinosema ratisbonensis C. Franzen, S. Fischer, Schröd., J. Schölmerich & S. Schneuwly 2005

are preyed upon by

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Pellenes dilutus Logunov 1995

behavioral circadian rhythm

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diurnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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crepuscular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000078

Definition: active primarily during dawn and dusk

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Lewis and Taylor 1965
diurnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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(adult)

body shape

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bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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developmental mode

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holometabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous

Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.

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diet includes

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fruit
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0009001

Definition: A multi-tissue plant structure (PO:0025496) that develops from a gynoecium (PO:0009062) and may have as parts one or more seeds (PO:0009010)

Comment: Ontology Description: http://www.plantontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/po.owl

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feeding structure

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
sucking mouthparts
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/sucking

Definition: Mouthparts adapted for the take-up of liquids via suction through a tubular proboscis.

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(adult)

geographic distribution

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TreatmentBank
cosmopolitan
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Cosmopolitan

Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_distribution

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TreatmentBank
Russia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2017370

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cosmopolitan
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Cosmopolitan

Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_distribution

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United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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North Pacific Species List
North Pacific
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1908

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habitat

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scrubland
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000300

Definition: Area covered with low-growing or stunted perennial vegetation and usually not mixed with trees.

Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl

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chaparral
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000301

Definition: A shrubland area found primarily in regions with a Mediterranean climate (mid, wet winters and hot dry summers) often shaped by wildfires.

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agricultural
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000077

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oceanic island
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000222

Definition: An island that does not sit on a continental shelf, and is of volcanic origin.

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tropical
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204

Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl

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has sexual dimorphism

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female larger
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/female_larger

Comment: Auto-added during harvest #67. A human needs to edit this.

Attribution: Fairbairn

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have parasitoid

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Spalangia erythromera
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Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani 1875) (Parasitoid wasp)
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Tanycarpa punctata van Achterberg 1976
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Asobara tabida (Nees 1834)
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Leptopilina heterotoma (Thomson 1862)

have pathogen

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Vibrio cholerae (Kommabacillus)
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Drosophila melanogaster sigmavirus AP30
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Vibrio cholerae (Kommabacillus)
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Drosophila melanogaster birnavirus SW-2009a
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Candida albicans (C. P. Robin) Berkhout 1923

initial mortality rate

AnAge

0.05 /year

introduced range includes

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Oceania continent (Australia, NZ and islands)
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255151

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The Nearctic
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742

Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface

Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg

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the Palearctic
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447

Definition: largest of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's surface

Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palearctic.png

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The Neotropics
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151

Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface

Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg

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Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species
GaláPagos Islands
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3658931

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life span

AnAge

0.3 years

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locomotion

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flight
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367

Definition: self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement

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mortality rate doubling time

AnAge

0.04 years

motility

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actively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile

Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis

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native range includes

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Asia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255147

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Ethiopia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/337996

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number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

6

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

2539

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

9

onset of fertility

AnAge

7 days

(male)
AnAge

7 days

(female)

trophic guild

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herbivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099

Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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frugivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1470764

Definition: organism that eats fruit.

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type specimen repository

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Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791

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Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791

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iDigBio type specimen records
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791

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iDigBio type specimen records
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791

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GBIF national node type records France
museum national d'histoire naturelle (mnhn)
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988

Definition: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/sommaire.xsp

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(female)