An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador)
Author
Sinclair, Bradley J.
0000-0001-6413-1606
bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-09
5283
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1
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sordida
Bigot
Olfersia sordida
Bigot, 1885: 239
.
Bequaert 1957: 471
[records]; Guimar„es 1968: 8 [catalogue];
Maa 1969: 284
[checklist].
Pseudolfersia fossulata
of authors (misidentification):
Coquillett 1901a: 379
[record].
Olfersia fossulata
of authors (misidentification):
Johnson 1924: 91
[record];
Curran 1932: 366
[record];
Bequaert 1933: 132
[remarks];
Linsley & Usinger 1966: 173
[checklist];
Bequaert 1957: 470
[as syn. of
O. sordida
].
Distribution.
Native. Neotropical;
Galápagos
: Daphne
Major, Fernandina (CDRS)
, Genovesa,
Rábida, Santa Cruz
,
Santiago
, Wolf.
Remarks.
This species commonly occurs as parasites on marine fish-eating birds (
Bequaert 1957
;
Whiteman
et al
. 2006
). In the
Galápagos
, adults have been found on flightless cormorants and pelicans (
Harmon
et al
. 1984
–85;
Whiteman
et al
. 2006
).