Pseudolynchia

Pseudolynchia are genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 5 known species.[3] One of the more well known species is the pigeon louse fly Pseudolynchia canariensis. All species are parasites of birds.[4]

Pseudolynchia
Pseudolynchia canariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Hippoboscoidea
Family: Hippoboscidae
Subfamily: Ornithomyinae
Genus: Pseudolynchia
Bequaert, 1926 [1]
Type species
Olfersia maura
Bigot, 1885[2]

Systematics
  • Species group 'a'
  • P. serratipes Maa, 1966
  • Species group 'b'

References
  1. Bequaert, J.C. (1926). "Notes on Hippoboscidae. I. Lynchia Weyenbergh and Lynchia Speiser are not congeneric". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. (1925) 32: 265–277.
  2. Bigot, Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot (1885). "Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 27e partie(1). XXXV: Famille des Anomalocerati (mihi) a??µ???—?e?a?. (Coriacae, Pupipara, Nycteribidae. auctor)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5 (6): 225–246. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. Dick, C. W. (2006). "Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea)". Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History: 1–7pp. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. 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.
  5. Macquart, Pierre-Justin-Marie (1839). Diptères, In Webb, P.B. & Berthelot, S., Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries. Tome deuxieme. Deuxieme partie. Contenant la Zoologie. [Entomologie.]. Paris: Bethune. pp. 97–119. Retrieved 26 April 2021.


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