An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador)
Author
Sinclair, Bradley J.
0000-0001-6413-1606
bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-09
5283
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1
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aenescens
(Wiedemann)
Anthomyia aenescens
Wiedemann, 1830: 435
.
Ophyra setia
Walker, 1849: 956
.
Curran 1932: 360
[as syn. of
O. aenescens
].
Ophyra aenescens
:
Curran 1932: 360
[records];
Curran 1934: 164
[remarks];
Linsley & Usinger 1966: 171
[checklist];
Pont 1972: 13
[catalogue].
Hydrotaea aenescens
:
Peck 1996: 122
[mode of introduction];
Peck
et al
. 1998: 228
[introduced species];
Carvalho
et al
. 2005: 45
[catalogue];
Causton
et al
. 2006: 134
[introduced species].
Hydrotaea setia
:
Coquillett 1901a: 375
[records].
Distribution.
Introduced. Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic, Oceanian;
Galápagos
: Baltra, Fernandina, Floreana,
Isabela
, Marchena (ICCDRS), Santa Cruz,
Santiago
(CAS).
Remarks.
Adults of this species are associated with humans, and common around buildings in the arid zone. Larvae develop in garbage and are semi-carnivorous, living in carrion (
Pont
et al
. 2007
).