Dacus magnificus

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, Zootaxa 2127, pp. 1-49 : 28

Group Magnificus

New group for a single species that is assigned to s.g. Lophodacus because of its very reduced covering of microtrichia in the narrow raised subbasal section of wing cell br. Unlike other Lophodacus spp. whose males have a pecten, it lacks a xanthine on the lateroterga.