Olfersia sordida, Bigot, 1885

Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), Zootaxa 5283 (1), pp. 1-102 : 83

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7925487
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3581C07-194C-FFD4-D29F-FE98FE1C4A1C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Olfersia sordida
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sordida Bigot View in CoL

Olfersia sordida Bigot, 1885: 239 View in CoL . Bequaert 1957: 471 [records]; Guimar„es 1968: 8 [catalogue]; Maa 1969: 284 [checklist].

Pseudolfersia fossulata of authors (misidentification): Coquillett 1901a: 379 [record].

Olfersia fossulata View in CoL 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 View in CoL ].

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).