Dacus

For other uses, see Dacus (disambiguation).

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

Dacus
Dacus ciliatus
Scientific classification
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

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