Lophodacus, Collart

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 : 24

Subgenus LOPHODACUS Collart

Dacus (Lophodacus) Collart, 1935: 8 . Type species, Dacus hamatus Bezzi, 1917 , by monotypy. Other synonyms: White (2006: 114)

All species included within sg. Lophodacus by White (2006), with the exception of D. umehi White, 2006 , lacked a complete covering of microtrichia across the narrow raised subbasal section of cell br. The new discovery of males of the Seguyi group, previously placed in sg. Didacus , indicates that these species have enlarged costagial setae, in common with some groups of sg. Lophodacus , notably the Brevis group; the Seguyi group also have microtrichia across the entire depth of cell br.