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The biggest are kingdoms and they go down to species in this order:

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

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What class is a fly in?

The fly is in the class of animalia and in the sub-class insectia. An insect is just a more specific type of animal (a class), just like a mammal or a reptile. Living things are classified from large, broad groups into smaller and smaller groups. The largest of these that is important here is a kingdom. Kingdoms are broken up into phyla, which are smaller. Phyla are then broken up into classes, which are broken up into orders, which are broken up into families, etc. Fruit flies are classified into two families (Tephritidae and Drosophilidae) which are parts of the order Diptera (which includes all flies). Diptera is part of the class Insecta (which includes all insects). Insecta is part of the phylum Arthropoda (which include insects, arachnids, and crustaceans). And Arthropoda is part of the kingdom Animalia, or the animal kingdom. If you are looking for the "common fruit fly" its scientific name is Drosophila melanogaster.


Biologist classify animals into major groups called?

phyla?


What is a taxonomy of related phyla or divisions?

A taxonomy of related phyla or divisions may include grouping organisms based on shared characteristics such as body structure, reproductive strategies, or genetic relationships. For example, animals within the phylum Chordata share a defining characteristic of having a notochord at some stage of their development. Another example is grouping plants into divisions based on the presence or absence of vascular tissue, such as the division between nonvascular plants (Bryophyta) and vascular plants (Tracheophyta).