Taxonomy
Valid name:
Dacus (
Callantra)
axanus (Hering, 1938)
Preferred common name: None
Synonyms:
Callantra axana (original combination in Hering, 1938)
Callantra auricoma May, 1956 (junior synonym)
Morphology-based identification
Dacus axanus can be identified reliably using morphological characters. Spot characters are the elongated (wasp-like) abdomen and the costal band on the wing that almost reaches vein M.
Molecular identification
COI sequence data can be used to identify
D. axanus (
Doorenweerd et al. 2024Doorenweerd et al. 2024:
Doorenweerd C, San Jose M, Leblanc L, Barr N, Geib SM, Chung AYC, Dupuis JR, Ekayanti A, Fiegalan E, Hemachandra KS, Hossain MA, Huang C, Hsu Y, Morris KY, Maryani A. Mustapeng A, Niogret J, Pham TH, Thi Nguyen N, Sirisena UGAI, Todd T, Rubinoff D, 2024. Towards a better future for DNA barcoding: Evaluating monophyly‐ and distance‐based species identification using COI gene fragments of Dacini fruit flies. Molecular Ecology Resources 24: e13987. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13987).
Distribution
Dacus axanus has been recorded from the Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia. Its native range is unclear.
Further information
Dacus axanus has been reared from Cucurbitaceae fruit: luffa (
Luffa acutangula and
L. aegyptiaca) and snake gourd (
Trichosanthes cucumerina).
