African Dacus (Diptera: Tephritidae); New Species and Data, with Particular Reference to the Tel Aviv University Collection Author White, Ian M. Author Goodger, Kim F. M. text Zootaxa 2009 2127 1 49 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.274925 534e3106-2d37-4f90-98c7-fe3fab66dc7b 1175-5326 274925 Dacus ( Didacus ) africanus Adams Dacus africanus Adams, 1905 : 169 Didacus africanus : Cogan & Munro 1980 : 521 Dacus ( Didacus ) devure Hancock, 1985b : 304 ; White (2006: 82) ; syn.n. Material. MOZAMBIQUE : 1 male , Gorongoza, 18.3S , 34.02E , 1 – 2.xii.2006 , trapped with mixed male lure (cue lure, methyl eugenol, trimedlure), P. Schule ( MRAC ). FIGURES 14–19. Dacus ( Didacus ) abruptus sp.n. , holotype female. 14. Mesonotum, dorsal view. 15. Abdomen, with extended aculeus, dorsal view. 16. Head, anterior view. 17. Thorax, right lateral view. 18. Legs, right lateral view; hind, mid, fore. 19. Wing, dorsal view. Scale lines = 1mm. Remarks. White (2006) was not able to study the type of D. devure and similarly, Hancock (1985b) did not study the type of D. africanus . The males of both these species are reported to be attracted to cue lure, i.e. 4-( p -acetoxyphenyl)-2-butanone ( White 2006 ). The discovery of a male from Mozambique which clearly ran to D. devure in the key by White (2006) , and which was lure collected, prompted further consideration of the separation of D. devure from D. africanus , which was as follows: laterotergite xanthine completely confined to the katatergite in D. africanus , or slightly extended onto the anatergite in D. devure . A further 6 males were recently (2009) collected using cue lure in Mozambique by M. De Meyer (MRAC) and selected images were supplied to the authors. These show a continuous range of variation between the xanthine being confined to the katatergite, to it also covering one-third of the anatergite; the costal band in each case was narrower than normally observed in D. vertebratus , as indicated by couplet 167 of the key in White (2006) . In conclusion, there is no evidence to support the continued listing of D. devure as a separate species, and it is here placed as a synonym to D. africanus . The continued separation of D. africanus from D. vertebratus is supported by the differing lure response of these species; males of D. vertebratus being attracted to methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate, which Hancock (1985a) named as “vert lure”.