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Hydrotaea dentipes

Synonyms: Hydrotaea brunnipennis; Hydrotaea flavifacies; Hydrotaea monacantha; Hydrotaea obscuripennis; Musca dentipes (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Hydrotaea dentipes is a fly from the family Muscidae. Its larvae have been found in the dung of rabbits, pigs, cows, horses, chickens and humans.
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Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Platycephala umbraculata (house fly)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Bracon minutator1
Myospila meditabunda1
Scathophaga stercoraria (Common Yellow Dung Fly)1

Predators

Philonicus albiceps[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
♦ 2Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0