title: Ortholfersia
text: # Ortholfersia
  
  Ortholfersia is a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 4 known species. All species are parasites of macropods.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Found in Australia, some species are very rare, because their hosts are endangered.
  
  ## Systematics
  
  * Genus Ortholfersia Speiser, 1902
  
     * Species group 'a'
  
        * Ortholfersia minuta Paramonov, 1954
  
     * Species group 'b'
  
        * Ortholfersia bequaerti Maa, 1962
  
        * Ortholfersia macleayi (Leach, 1817)
  
        * Ortholfersia phaneroneura Speiser, 1902
  