Revising the paraphyletic genus Drosophila sensu lato

Official documents

• Kim van der Linde, Gerhard Bächli, Masanori J. Toda, Wen-Xia Zhang, Toru Katoh, Yao-Guang Hu & Greg S. Spicer (2007). Case 3407: Drosophila Fallén, 1832 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of usage. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 64(4): 238-242. Reprint , additional references:
• Comments March 2008 (BZN 65(1))
  • Andrew Polaszek. Page 55.
  • Amir Yassin. Pages 55-57.
  • V. S. Sidorenko. Page 57.
• Comments June 2008 (BZN 65(2))
  • Stéphane R. Prigent. Pages 137-140.
  • F. Christian Thompson, Neal L. Evenhuis, Thomas Pape & Adrian C. Pont. Pages 140-141.
  • Patrick M. O'Grady, Michael Ashburner, Sergio Castrezana, Rob DeSalle, Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro, Richard T. Lapoint, Karl N. Magnacca, Therese A. Markow, Bryant F. McAllister, Alfredo Ruíz, Carlos R. Vilela & Francisca C. do Val. Pages 141-144.
  • Pavel Štys. Pages 144-145.
  • Stephen D. Gaimari. Pages 146-147.
  • Shane F. McEvey, Michele Schiffer, Jean-Luc Da Lage, Jean R. David, Françoise Lemeunier, Dominique Joly, Pierre Capy & Marie-Louise Cariou. Pages 147-150.
• Comments September 2008 (BZN 65(3))
  • Hans Silfverberg. Pages 214-215.
  • Yves Roisin. Page 215.
• Comments December 2008 (BZN 65(4))
  • Kim van der Linde, Gerhard Bächli, Masanori J. Toda, Wen-Xia Zhang, Toru Katoh, Yao-Guang Hu & Greg S. Spicer. Pages 304-307.
• Comments March 2009 (BZN 66(1))
  • Jan Máca. Pages 70-71.
• ICZN (2010) OPINION 2245 (Case 3407) Drosophila Fallén, 1823 (Insecta, Diptera): Drosophila funebris Fabricius, 1787 is maintained as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 67(1): 106-115. Opinion including arguements of commissioners


• Kim van der Linde & Amir Yassin (2010) Opinion: The fruit fly formerly know as Drosophila. NewScientist 2764: 24-25

Supporting documents

• Kim van der Linde, Gerhard Bächli, Masanori J. Toda, Wen-Xia Zhang, Toru Katoh, Yao-Guang Hu & Greg S. Spicer. Splitting the paraphyletic genus Drosophila while preserving the name Drosophila melanogaster.
• Kim van der Linde & David Houle (2008). A supertree analysis and literature review of the genus Drosophila and related genera. Insect Systematics and Evolution 39(3): 241-267. Reprint
• Kim van der Linde, David Houle, Greg S. Spicer & Scott J. Steppan (2010). A supermatrix-based molecular phylogeny of the family Drosophilidae. Genetics Research, 92: 25-38. (NOTE: The Treebase accession number is incorrect. The correct number is S10691.)

News and radio

• Rex Dalton (Januari 20, 2009). A fly by any other name. Nature 457: 368.
• Rex Dalton (April 7, 2010) What's in a name? Fly world is abuzz. Nature 464: 825.
• Mark Henderson in The Times (April 8, 2010) Identity crisis for fly that's the apple of scientists' eye. (Reprinted in: The Australian, Fox News & Fiji Times Online)
• לוטם אליהו in הידען (April 14, 2010) הצעה לארגון מחדש של הסוג זבוב הפירות – דרוזופילה עשוי להוציא ממנו את החבר המפורסם ביותר
• Bob Brockle in The Dominion Post (April 19, 2010) Why Veronica gives some the Hebe jeebies
• Dave Munger in SEED magazine (April 21, 2010) A proposal to change the formal name of Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, has significant implications for research in the life sciences.
• The Economist (April 29, 2010) Fly in the ointment: The erudite world of taxonomy is all a flutter over a row about renaming the world’s most famous fly
• Gert van Maanen @ BioNieuws (May 5, 2010) Fruitvlieg dreigt naam te verliezen
• Radio Interview @ Radio Noorderlicht, VPRO (June 22, 2010) Fruitvlieg ondergaat een naamsverandering Sound track
• Karin Hollricher @ F.A.Z. (July 14, 2010) Die Taufliege in der Identitätskrise
• April 10, 2010: Slashdotted!

Blog posts

• Christopher Taylor @ Catalogue of Organisms (January 29, 2008) Drosophila forever?
• Argent23 @ Holliday Junction (Februar 02, 2008) Sophophora, der allseits bekannte Modellorganismus (in german)
• RPM @ evolgen (April 22, 2008) Saving the Name of Drosophila melanogaster
• Larry Moran @ Sandwalk (April 22, 2008) Saving Drosophila
• soulbiscuit @ Allusions of Grandeur (April 22, 2008) S. melanogaster? WTF?!?
• Kenneth Chiacchia @ Did a Cat Shit in Here? (February 4, 2009) D. melanogaster, We Hardly Knew Ye
• kmbayles @ NCSU Insect Museum (Feb 12 2009) D. or S.? melanogaster
• Christopher Taylor @ Catalogue of Organisms (June 5, 2009) More on Drosophila and Sophophora
• Kim van der Linde @ Heathen Scientist (April 8, 2010) Drosophila politics: Sophophora melanogaster
• John Timmer @ Ars Technica (April 8, 2010) Demotion commotion: First Pluto, now fruit flies?
• Aaron Huertas (April 8, 2010) Scientists Go Renaming Things with Cultural Value Again
• Sylvie Coyaud @ Ocasapiens (April 8, 2010) Resistere!
• Salim @ Digitally Toned (April 8, 2010) Ah.. my dear Drosophila!!
• Determined Drosophila (April 8, 2010) Bad news for fake princesses & everybody’s favorite fruit fly
• Le blog d'Albert Barrois (April 8, 2010) Les Sophophoristes
• Sven Kullander @ Fish matters (April 9, 2010) Cleaning out the bugs: fruitfly name to be based on science not convention
• Michael Bok @ Arthropoda (April 9, 2010) Is 'the Drosophila' actually Drosophila?
• Christopher Taylor @ Catalogue of Organisms (April 9, 2010) In Which, Despite Not Being The Crowd Favourite, Drosophila funebris Holds D. melanogaster Down and Kicks It Repeatedly in the Teeth
• Richard Gayle @ A Man With A Ph.D. (April 9, 2010) Having a wake for Drosophila
• Kim van der Linde @ Heathen Scientist (April 9, 2010) Sophophora melanogaster: Next steps
• TubaOrNotTuba (April 10, 2010) A weighty name change in view
• John C @ Shy & Retiring 2.0 (April 10, 2010) Alas, The Old Order Changeth (Or In This Case The Genus)
• Susana Polo @ Geekosystem (April 10, 2010) D. melanogaster, D. melanogaster, Wherefore Art Thou, D. melanogaster?
• A Blog By Praveen Penugonda (April 10, 2010) The Fruit Fly Drosophila Gets a New Name
• Mike Garrity @ From Here to There (April 12, 2010) ICZN Case 3407
• Pepe Cervera @ Retiario (April 12, 2010) La mosca que podría cambiar de nombre
• Bart Braun @ BioBlog (April 13, 2010) Sophophora melanogaster?
• The Runt Compound (April 13, 2010) A Maggot By Any Other Name
• heath @ Coleopterists Corner (April 16, 2010) Drosophila melanogaster vs. Sophophora melanogaster
• TO BHMA (April 18, 2010) NANOΝΕWS: Κρίση ταυτότητας
• Bojan Dolenc @ AKVAzin (April 19, 2010) Sadna mušica spremenila rodovno ime
• Current Protocols Editors’ Forum (April 20, 2010) Drosophila melanogaster . . . for now: Renaming the fruit fly
• Fortuna Wolf @ Ars Technica (April 20, 2010) Sophophora melanogaster (or when taxonomic rules don't get along with politics)
• Melissa @ Science Storiented (April 21, 2010) What's in a name?
• Bouwe van Straten @ W24.nl (April 22, 2010) Verse Wetenschap: Requiem voor een fruitvliegje
• David Winter @ The Atavism (April 25, 2010) Sunday Spinelessness - The end of Drosophila melanogaster?
• The Virtual Ranger @ The Ranger's Blog (May 9, 2010) Fly world set abuzz by proposal to rename Drosophila
• Robert Czepel @ science.ORF.at (June 23, 2010) Drosophilas Tage sind gezählt
• TÝDEN.cz (July 8, 2010) Octomilka, hrdinka genetiky, přijde o jméno

• Poster: Kim van der Linde & David Houle (2006) "Sophophora melanogaster?" 47^th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Houston, Texas, USA.
   
• Poster: Kim van der Linde, David Houle, Greg S. Spicer & Scott J. Steppan. (2008) "A Paraphyletic Genus Drosophila" 49^th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, California, USA.
   
• Presentation: Kim van der Linde (2008). The fate of the genus Drosophila in modern systematics. Symposium on Drosophila Evolution, San Diego, CA, USA.