Drosophila bifurca is a species of fruit fly. Males of this species are known to have the longest sperm cells of any organism on Earth—5.8 cm long when...

spermatozoon found in nature. Drosophila melanogaster produces sperm that can be up to 1.8 mm, while its relative Drosophila bifurca produces the largest known...

sperm cells of any studied organism on Earth, including one species, Drosophila bifurca, that has sperm cells that are 58 mm (2.3 in) long. The cells mostly...

(nucleus and flagellum), 8800 times shorter than the longest ones (Drosophila bifurca). Cotesia pupae may themselves be hyperparasitized by wasps of the...

visible to the unaided eye, being the world's largest plant sperm cell. Drosophila bifurca, a species of fruit fly, has sperm that are 5.8 cm long, albeit mostly...

sperm transfer and oviposition pattern in the giant sperm species, Drosophila bifurca", Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 15 (1): 49–56, doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101...

make silk stabilimenta, while Cyclosa and the closely related Allocyclosa bifurca make stabilimenta of silk, detritus, and their egg sacs. All those evolved...

Drosophila is a genus of flies of the family Drosophilidae. It comprises over 1600 described species, but is estimated to have several thousands. Alfred...

μm – length of the largest sperm cell in nature, belonging to the Drosophila bifurca fruit fly 181 μm – maximum width of a strand of human hair 100–400...