Dacus (Psilodacus) merzi White

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 : 42

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.274925

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6218383

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scientific name

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.

TAU

Tel-Aviv University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Lauxaniidae

Genus

Dacus

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Dacus (Psilodacus) merzi White

White, Ian M. & Goodger, Kim F. M. 2009
2009
Loc

Dacus (Psilodacus) merzi

White 2006: 132
2006
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