Dacus
Dacus ciliatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Subfamily: Dacinae
Tribe: Dacini
Genus: Dacus
Fabricius, 1805
Type species
Dacus armatus
Fabricius, 1805
Subgenera
Diversity
274 species
Synonyms
  • Rhamphodacus Munro, 1984
  • Tridacus Bezzi, 1915
  • Neodacus Perkins, 1937
  • Desmodacus Munro, 1984
  • Ancylodacus Munro, 1984
  • Dorylodacus Munro, 1984
  • Tythocalama Munro, 1984

Dacus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.[1]

Systematics

Many subgenera are defined within this genus:[2][3]

  • Ambitidacus
  • Callantra
  • Dacus
  • Didacus
  • Leptoxyda
  • Lophodacus
  • Mellesis
  • Metidacus
  • Neodacus
  • Psilodacus

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Dacus". www.itis.gov.
  2. ↑ Doorenweerd C, Leblanc L, Norrbom AS, San Jose M, Rubinoff D (2018) A global checklist for the 932 fruit fly species in the tribe Dacini (Diptera: Tephritidae). ZooKeys 730: 19–56. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.730.21786
  3. ↑ Hancock DL, Drew RAI (2006) A revised classification of subgenera and species groups in Dacus Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae). Instrumenta Biodiversitatis VII: 167–205.


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