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Dacinae

Subfamily of flies

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The Dacinae are a subfamily of the fruit fly family Tephritidae. Its 39 genera are distributed among three tribes:

Tribe Ceratitidini:
- Capparimyia
- Carpophthoromyia
- Ceratitella
- Ceratitis
- Eumictoxenus
- Neoceratitis
- Nippia
- Paraceratitella
- Paratrirhithrum
- Perilampsis
- Trirhithrum
- Xanthorrachista
Tribe Dacini:
- Bactrocera
- Dacus
- Monacrostichus
- Zeugodacus
Tribe Gastrozonini:
- Acroceratitis
- Acrotaeniostola
- Anoplomus
- Bistrispinaria
- Carpophthorella
- Ceratitoides
- Chaetellipsis
- Chelyophora
- Clinotaenia
- Cyrtostola
- Dietheria
- Enicoptera
- Galbifascia
- Gastrozona
- Ichneumonopsis
- Leucotaeniella
- Paragastrozona
- Paraxarnuta
- Phaeospila
- Phaeospilodes
- Proanoplomus
- Spilocosmia
- Taeniostola

Other genera include:

Xanthorrachis

Notes:

The genera Sinanoplomus and Rhaibophleps are no longer considered valid taxa as of 2008.

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