# Dacus

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{{Short description|Genus of insects}}
{{Other uses|Dacus (disambiguation)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Didacus ciliatus, Jan Celliers Park, b.jpg
| image_caption = ''Dacus ciliatus''
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Dacus
| authority = [Fabricius](/source/Johan_Christian_Fabricius), 1805
| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera
| subdivision = 
* ''[Callantra](/source/Dacus_(Callantra))''
* ''[Dacus](/source/Dacus_(Dacus))''
* ''[Didacus](/source/Dacus_(Didacus))''
* ''[Leptoxyda](/source/Dacus_(Leptoxyda))''
* ''[Metidacus](/source/Dacus_(Metidacus))''
| diversity_link = List of Dacus species
| diversity = 274 species
| synonyms = 
* ''Rhamphodacus'' <small>Munro, 1984</small>
* ''Tridacus'' <small>Bezzi, 1915</small>
* ''Neodacus'' <small>Perkins, 1937</small>
* ''Desmodacus'' <small>Munro, 1984</small>
* ''Ancylodacus'' <small>Munro, 1984</small>
* ''Dorylodacus'' <small>Munro, 1984</small>
* ''Tythocalama'' <small>Munro, 1984</small>
| type_species = ''[Dacus armatus](/source/Dacus_armatus)''
| type_species_authority = [Fabricius](/source/Johan_Christian_Fabricius), 1805
}}

'''''Dacus''''' is a genus of tephritid  or fruit flies in the family [Tephritidae](/source/Tephritidae).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Systematics==
Many subgenera are defined within this genus:<ref>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](/source/ZooKeys)'' 730: 19–56. [https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21786 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.730.21786]</ref><ref>Hancock DL, Drew RAI (2006) A revised classification of subgenera and species groups in Dacus Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae). ''[Instrumenta Biodiversitatis](/source/Instrumenta_Biodiversitatis)'' VII: 167–205.</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*''[Ambitidacus](/source/Dacus_(Ambitidacus))''
*''[Callantra](/source/Dacus_(Callantra))''
*''[Dacus](/source/Dacus_(Dacus))''
*''[Didacus](/source/Dacus_(Didacus))''
*''[Leptoxyda](/source/Dacus_(Leptoxyda))''
*''[Lophodacus](/source/Dacus_(Lophodacus))''
*''[Mellesis](/source/Dacus_(Mellesis))''
*''[Metidacus](/source/Dacus_(Metidacus))''
*''[Neodacus](/source/Dacus_(Neodacus))''
*''[Psilodacus](/source/Dacus_(Psilodacus))''
{{div col end}}

==See also==
*[List of ''Dacus'' species](/source/List_of_Dacus_species)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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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Category:Dacinae
Category:Tephritidae genera

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