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Dacus
Dacus ciliatus
Scientific 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
Callantra Dacus Didacus Leptoxyda Metidacus
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.

Systematics

Many subgenera are defined within this genus:

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

See also

• List of Dacus species

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.

External links

• "Dacus Fabricius, 1805". Atlas of Living Australia.
• Data related to Dacus at Wikispecies

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