Austrolfersia

Austrolfersia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Calyptratae
Superfamily: Hippoboscoidea
Family: Hippoboscidae
Subfamily: Ornithomyinae
Genus: Austrolfersia
Bequaert, 1953
Type species
Austrolfersia ferrisi
Bequaert, 1953
Species

1. See text

Austrolfersia is a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There is only one known species, Austrolfersia ferrisi Bequaert, 1953.[1]. It is a parasite of Diprotodontia.[2].

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Distribution

It is only found in Queensland, Australia.[2]

Hosts

Red-legged Pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica) and the Musky Rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus)[2]

Systematics

References

  1. ^ Dick, C. W. (2006). Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea).. Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–7pp. 
  2. ^ a b c d Maa,T. C. (1969). "A Revised Checklist and Concise Host Index of Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii) 20: 261–299pp.