Dacus
{{Short description|Genus of insects}}
{{Other uses|Dacus (disambiguation)}}
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| image = Didacus ciliatus, Jan Celliers Park, b.jpg
| image_caption = Dacus ciliatus
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Dacus
| authority = Fabricius, 1805
| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera
| subdivision =
| diversity_link = List of Dacus species
| 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
| type_species = Dacus armatus
| type_species_authority = Fabricius, 1805
}}
Dacus is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=143186|title=ITIS Standard Report Page: Dacus|website=www.itis.gov}}
Systematics
Many subgenera are defined within this genus: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. [https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21786 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.730.21786]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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See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Dacus Fabricius, 1805 |work=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:646d2318-46ff-4e36-af7d-de99ffebcf53}}
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