Hydrotaea

Hydrotaea
Female Hydrotaea diabolus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Subfamily: Azeliinae
Tribe: Azeliini
Genus: Hydrotaea
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
Type species
Musca meteorica
Synonyms
  • Ophyra Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
  • Alloeonota Schnabl, 1911
  • Hydrotaeoides Skidmore, 1985

Hydrotaea is a genus of insects in the housefly family, Muscidae. They occur in most regions of the world but are more populous in warmer climates. They are often found on feces in summer months, and are therefore generally found in close proximity to livestock. Among the 130 known species in this genus, one of the most commonly recognized is the dump fly.[3]

Along with many others genera in the family, Hydrotaea is of forensic importance in both the economic and public health scene. Flies in general are considered by many authorities to be the most important insects involved in human and veterinary medicine.[4] Certain Hydrotaea species have been proven to carry and transmit certain diseases to warm blooded animals, including humans.[5] Researchers continue to monitor these vectors of disease as they have been connected with the spread of mastitis.[6]

  1. ^ a b Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ^ Coquillett, D. W. (1901). "Types of anthomyid genera". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9: 134–146. JSTOR 25002949.
  3. ^ Skidmore, P. (1985). The Biology of Muscidae of the World. Springer. pp. 117–146. ISBN 978-90-6193-139-3.
  4. ^ Bay, D. E.; R. L. Harris (1988). Introduction to Veterinary Entomology (A Guide to Livestock Insects). Bryan, TX: Stonefly Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 0-9624083-0-1.
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