| Hydrotaea aenescens | |
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| H. aenescens from North Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Tribe: | Azeliini |
| Genus: | Hydrotaea |
| Species: | H. aenescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrotaea aenescens (Wiedemann, 1830) | |
| Synonyms | |
Ophyra aenescens | |
Hydrotaea aenescens, known generally as black dump fly, is a species in the family Muscidae. Other common names include the black garbage fly and dump fly. It is found in Europe. Larvae of this species are predators of Musca domestica. The adults are known vectors of human botfly eggs.
References
- Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Cortinhas, Lucas Barbosa; Mendonça, Paloma Martins; Barbosa, Rodrigo Rocha; Queiroz, Margareth Maria de Carvalho (June 2016). "Ultrastructure of immature stages of the black dump fly: Ophyra aenescens (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Muscidae: Azeliinae)". Acta Tropica. 158: 125–129. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.02.022.
- ^ "Hydrotaea aenescens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Hydrotaea aenescens". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- "Hydrotaea aenescens species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- Hogsette, J. A.; Jacobs, R. D. (November 1999). "Failure of Hydrotaea aenescens, a larval predator of the housefly, Musca domestica, to establish in wet poultry manure on a commercial farm in Florida, U.S.A.". Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 13 (4): 349–354. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00173.x.
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