title: Microlynchia
text: # Microlynchia
  
  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
  