Dacus Explained

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

• List of Dacus species

External links

• Web site: Dacus Fabricius, 1805 . Atlas of Living Australia .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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.