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Dacus (Psilodacus) merzi White
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Dacus (Psilodacus) merzi White
Dacus (Psilodacus) merzi White, 2006: 132
Material. KENYA: 2 males, 1 female, Mt. Elgon Lodge, 1 – 6.xi.1983, A. Freidberg (TAU)
Remarks. White (2006) described this species from a single male which had an almost complete (c.90%) covering of microtrichia in cell c. These males are similar but the female has a considerably reduced covering of microtrichia in cell c (around 75%) and will erroneously run to D. herensis Munro, 1984 using the key provided by White (2006) (corrected in revised key). The known males, including the holotype, all have a large inverted-V mark on the face, just below the antennal insertions. In the female this is reduced to a pair of very small dark marks.
Notes
Published as part of White, Ian M. & Goodger, Kim F. M., 2009, African Dacus (Diptera: Tephritidae); New Species and Data, with Particular Reference to the Tel Aviv University Collection, pp. 1-49 in Zootaxa 2127 on page 42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274925
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.274925 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFAA4860FFD0FFABC11CFF99FFA91A64 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03933018FFF9FF82C18BFC9DFE0D1EF2 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/119619471 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/40883/taxon/03933018FFF9FF82C18BFC9DFE0D1EF2.taxon (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Lauxaniidae
- Genus
- Dacus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- White
- Species
- merzi
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- White, I. M. (2006) Taxonomy of the Dacina (Diptera: Tephritidae) of Africa and the Middle East. African Entomology, Memoir, 2, 1 - 156.
- Munro, H. K. (1984) A taxonomic treatise on the Dacidae (Tephritoidea, Diptera) of Africa. Entomology Memoirs, Republic of South Africa, Department of Agriculture, 61, 1 - 313.