Microlynchia

Microlynchia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hippoboscidae
Subfamily: Ornithomyinae
Genus: Microlynchia
Lutz, 1915
Type species
Lynchia pusilla
Speiser, 1902
Species

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Microlynchia are genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are four known species.[1] All species are parasites of birds.[2] Microlynchia differs from Pseudolynchia in the presence of minute ocelli and a differently shaped scutellum.[3]

Distribution

Found throughout North and Central America, and parts of South America, Galápagos Islands.[2]

Systematics

  • Species group 'a'
  • Species group 'b'
  • Microlynchia galapagoensis Bequaert, 1955

References

  1. ^ Dick, C. W. (2006). Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea). Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–7. 
  2. ^ a b Maa, T. C. (1969). "A Revised Checklist and Concise Host Index of Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii) 20: 261–299. 
  3. ^ J. Beguaert (1930). "Notes on Hippoboscidæ". Psyche (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge Entomological Club) 32 (6): 266–277. http://psyche.entclub.org/pdf/32/32-266.pdf.