Ortholfersia

Ortholfersia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Calyptratae
Superfamily:	Hippoboscoidea
Family:	Hippoboscidae
Subfamily:	Ornithomyinae
Genus:	Ortholfersia Lutz, 1915
Species
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Ortholfersia are genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 4 known species.^[1] All species are Parasites of Macropods.^[2]

Distribution

Found in Australia, some species are very rare, because their hosts are endangered.^[2]

Systematics

• Genus Ortholfersia Speiser, 1902

• Species group 'a'

• M. minuta Paramonov, 1954

• Species group 'b'

• M. bequaerti Maa, 1962
• M. macleayi (Leach, 1817)
• M. phaneroneura Speiser, 1902

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.