Microlynchia is a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are four known species. All species are parasites of birds. Microlynchia differs from Pseudolynchia in the presence of minute ocelli and a differently shaped scutellum.
Distribution Found throughout North and Central America, and parts of South America, Galápagos Islands.
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
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