''Dacus'' is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family
Tephritidae
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus ''Drosophila'' (in the family Drosophilidae), w ...
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Systematics
Many subgenera are defined within this genus:
[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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Ambitidacus''
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Callantra''
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Dacus
''Dacus'' is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biologi ...
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Didacus''
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Leptoxyda''
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Lophodacus''
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Mellesis''
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Neodacus''
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Psilodacus''
See also
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List of ''Dacus'' species
References
External links
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Dacinae
Tephritidae genera
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