Dacus blepharogaster Bezzi, 1917

Meyer, Marc De, White, Ian M. & F. M. Goodger, Kim, 2013, Notes on the frugivorous fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) fauna of western Africa, with description of a new Dacus species, European Journal of Taxonomy 50, pp. 1-17 : 13

Dacus blepharogaster Bezzi, 1917

A male specimen from Sérou, Benin (Dec. 2005, leg. G. Goergen) differs from D. blepharogaster , as described by White (2006) in having some red pattern on the third abdominal tergite. However, since this species belongs to a group that needs proper revision ( Dacus (Lophodacus) brevis group as defined by White 2006) and since only one specimen was found in the collections studied, it is not described as a separate species. As the previous species, this is also predominantly an East African species ( Kenya, Eritrea and Ethiopia) but was not included in the richness analysis.