Olfersia

Olfersia is also a genus of ferns in family Dryopteridaceae.
Olfersia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Calyptratae
Superfamily: Hippoboscoidea
Family: Hippoboscidae
Subfamily: Ornithomyinae
Genus: Olfersia
Leach, 1817
Species

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Olfersia are genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 7 known species.[1] All species are Parasites of birds.[2]

Distribution

Olfersia are found worldwide with the exception of Australia, but are most abundant in North and Central America.[2]

Systematics

  • Species group 'a'
  • Species group 'b'
  • O. bisulcata Macquart, 1847
  • O. fossulata Macquart, 1843
  • O. fumipennis (J. Sahlberg, 1886)
  • Species group 'c'
  • O. aenescens C. G. Thompson, 1869
  • O. spinifera (Leach, 1817)
  • Species group 'd'
  • O. coriacea van der Wulp, 1903

References

  1. Dick, C. W. (2006). "Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea).". Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History: 1–7pp.
  2. 1 2 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.
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