Scope
Use this key to identify adult fruit flies of the tribe Dacini (Diptera Tephritidae: Dacinae); covering the genera Bactrocera, Zeugodacus, Dacus, and Monacrostichus. The key includes all 762 species native to Asia, Australasia, and Oceania, that have been described prior to 2021.
Top tip
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Disclaimer
This key is under active development to add more illustrations and recently described species. Please e-mail questions, comments, or suggestions to
camiel.doorenweerd@hawaii.edu. Not all dacine fruit fly species can be identified confidently to species level using morphology alone. In particular, members of species complexes (as indicated in the key) will often need additional data, such as molecular (DNA), rearing records, biogeographic origin, etc. Use at your own discretion.
Suggested citation
Doorenweerd, C., Anderson, C. T., Leblanc, L., San Jose, M., Rubinoff, D., Geib, S., Barr, N. 2022. Adult fruit fly identification of
Bactrocera and allied genera using the Lucid multi-entry key platform (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini). Available from:
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Authors
This key was developed as part of a series of joint projects between the Insect Systematics and Biodiversity lab at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Daniel K. Inouye Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Science and Technology (S&T) Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, with funding through Plant Protection Act 7721. The website is developed and managed by the USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Pest Identification Technology Laboratory Identification Technology Progam.
