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
See text

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

• Genus Microlynchia Lutz, 1915

• Species group 'a'

• Microlynchia crypturelli Bequaert, 1938
• Microlynchia furtiva Bequaert, 1955
• Microlynchia pusilla (Speiser, 1902)

• 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.