dacine

English

Etymology

Clipping of translingual Dacinae

Noun

dacine (plural dacines)

1. (entomology) Any fruit fly of the tephritid subfamily Dacinae.
   • (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS‎^[1]:

     Objective 3 included the incorporation of several thousand additional specimens into the web-accessible, Afrotropical tephritid database (M. De Meyer and I. White) and the revision of Afrotropical dacines (White).