Biology:Pseudolynchia

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Pseudolynchia
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Pseudolynchia canariensis
Scientific classification e
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]

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]

Systematics

  • Genus Pseudolynchia Bequaert, 1926 [1]
  • Species group 'a'
  • P. serratipes Maa, 1966
  • Species group 'b'
  • P. brunnea (Latreille, 1812)
  • P. canariensis (Macquart, 1840)[5]
  • P. garzettae (Rondani, 1879)
  • P. mistula Maa, 1969

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10171719#page/231/mode/1up. Retrieved 28 September 2021. 
  3. Dick, C. W. (2006). Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea).. Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–7pp. 
  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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/128816#page/531/mode/1up. Retrieved 26 April 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7254939 entry