Genus Zeugodacus Hendel, 1927

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• Zeugodacus Hendel, F. 1927. Trypetidae. [Fam]. 49, pp. 1-64, figs. 1-23, pls. 1-4 (= lfg. 16); pp. 65-128, figs. 24-59, pls. 5-8 (= lfg. 17); pp. 129-192, figs. 60-73, pls. 9-12 (= lfg. 18); pp. 193-221, figs. 74-79, pls. 13-17 (= lfg. 19). In, Lindner, E. (ed.) Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region. Stuttgart. Vol. 5. [all 4 lieferungen that comprise Part 49 of this series were published in 1927] [26] [as subgenus of Dacus].

  Type species:

   Dacus caudatus Fabricius, 1805 by original designation.

Introduction

Morphological, molecular and ecological data suggest of a closer relationship of Zeugodacus with Dacus rather than with Bactrocera(White 2006; Krosch et al. 2012). On the base of molecular analyses Virgilio et al. (2015) propose the elevation of Zeugodacus to full genus, but without indication of which species were to be included. De Meyer et al. (2015) provide a list of all species included in Zeugodacus as a supplementary file without comments to the new generic combinations and the subgenera allocations. Further molecular analyses by San Jose et al. (2018) provide further supporting evidence to this taxonomic change but stress that the taxonomy of Dacini below the genus level is still in great need of revision.
However, other authors (i.e. Hancock & Drew 2015, 2018a,b) retain Zeugodacus as subgenus of Bactrocera arguing that molecular data alone are not sufficient while the morphological characters supporting this taxonomic change are not exclusive of Zeugodacus but are present across different other Dacini.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

De Meyer, M., Delatte, H., Mwatawala, M., Quilici, S., Vayssières, J.-F. & Virgilio M. 2015. A review of the current knowledge on Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Africa, with a list of species included in Zeugodacus. pp. 539–557 in De Meyer, M., Clarke, A.R., Vera, M.T. & Hendrichs, J. (Eds). Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Enhance SIT Application and Facilitate International Trade. ZooKeys 540: 1–557 (checklist in Suppl. Mat. 1)

Doorenweerd, C., Leblanc, L., Norrbom, A.L., San Jose, M. & Rubinoff, D. 2018. A global checklist of the 932 fruit fly species in the tribe Dacini (Diptera, Tephritidae). ZooKeys 730: 19–56

Drew, R.A.I. & Hancock, D.L. 1999. Phylogeny of the Tribe Dacini (Dacinae) Based on Morphological, Distributional, and Biologial Data. pp. 491-504 in Aluja, M.A. & Norrbom, A.L. (eds). Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behaviour. Boca Raton, Florida, USA : CRC Press 944 pp.

Hancock, D.L. & Drew, R.A.I. 2015. A review of the Indo-Australian subgenus Parazeugodacus Shiraki of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Australian Entomologist 42(2): 91-104

Hancock, D.L. & Drew, R.A.I. 2018. A review of the subgenera Asiadacus Perkins, Diplodacus May, Hemigymnodacus Hardy, Niuginidacus Drew, Papuodacus Drew and Sinodacus Zia of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae). Australian Entomologist 45(2): 181–208

Hancock, D.L. & Drew, R.A.I. 2018. A review of the subgenus Zeugodacus Hendel of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae): An integrative approach. Australian Entomologist 45(3): 251–272

Krosch, M.N., Schutze, M.K., Armstrong, K.F., Graham, G.C., Yeates, D.K. & Clarke, A.R. 2012. A molecular phylogeny for the Tribe Dacini (Diptera: Tephritidae): systematic and biogeographic implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 513–523

San Jose, M., Doorenweerd, C., Leblanc, L., Barr, N., Geib, S.M. & Rubinoff, D. 2018. Incongruence between molecules and morphology: a seven-gene phylogeny of Dacini fruit flies paves the way for reclassification (Diptera: Tephritidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 121: 139–149

Virgilio, M., Jordaens, K., Verwimp, C., White, I.M. & De Meyer, M. 2015. Higher phylogeny of frugivorous flies (Diptera, Tephritidae, Dacini): Localised partition conflicts and a novel generic classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 85: 171–179 [177]

White, I.M. 2006. Taxonomy of the Dacina (Diptera: Tephritidae) of Africa and the Middle East. African Entomology Memoir 2: i-v, 1-156 + CD-ROM

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