Hydrotaea aenescens, Thomson

Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), Zootaxa 5283 (1), pp. 1-102 : 82-83

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFACFB44-873F-4C12-90CF-D8442910659A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7926756
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C07-194F-FFD4-D29F-F913FB944848
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hydrotaea aenescens
status

Treatment

aenescens Thomson View in CoL View at ENA

Olfersia aenescens Thomson, 1869: 610 View in CoL . Bequaert 1957: 438 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 173 [checklist]; Guimar„es 1968: 7 [catalogue].

Pseudolfersia diomedae Coquillett, 1901a: 379 . Bequaert 1957: 437 [as syn. of O. aenescens View in CoL ]; Maa 1963: 29, 124 [as syn. of O. aenescens View in CoL ].

Olfersia diomedae: Curran 1932: 366 [record].

Olfersia erythropsis Bigot, 1885: 239 View in CoL . Bequaert 1933: 133 [records]; Bequaert 1957: 438 [as syn. of O. aenescens View in CoL ].

Distribution. Native. Pantropical (Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans); Galápagos: Española, Genovesa (MONZ), Isabela, Marchena (ICCDRS), Rábida (MONZ) , Santa Cruz, Seymour.

Remarks. This species is a parasite of oceanic fish-eating birds, including boobies ( Sula Brisson ) and albatross ( Diomedea L.) ( Bequaert 1957). Adults of this species have also been recorded on swallow-tailed gulls ( Creagrus furcatus (Neboux)) and lava gulls ( Leucophaeus fuliginosus (Gould)) (MONZ) .