Dacus

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.^[1]

Systematics

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

^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Dacus". www.itis.gov.
^ 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
^ 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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