Olfersia

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

• Genus Olfersia Leach, 1817

• Species group 'a'

• O. sordida Bigot, 1885

• 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. pp. 1–7pp. 
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: 261–299pp.