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Drosophilidae

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Drosophilidae [‚drä·sə′fil·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
The vinegar flies, a family of myodarian cyclorrhaphous dipteran insects in the subsection Acalypteratae, including the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).
Drosophilidae 

a family of dipterous insects that develop in decomposing plant substances. The most common genus is Drosophila.
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9004140743 The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark by SciTech Book News
The family Drosophilidae may not be the most common of all fly families, but members of this family can be easily found anywhere around rotting and decaying fruit.
Evaluating diversity: a baseline study comparing the diversity of the ... by McKeown, James P. / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
Known as Hawaiian picture-wings, these insects are part of the intensely studied Drosophilidae family, which is found throughout the main islands of the Hawaiian archipelago.
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