Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Olfersia aenescens
mosca, fly
Parasite of oceanic fish-eating birds, including boobies (Sula) and albatross (Diomedea) (Bequaert 1957). This species has also been recorded on Creagrus furcatus and Larus fuliginosus (NMNZ).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Hippoboscidae
Genus
Olfersia
Species
aenescens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn: diomedae Coquillett 1901a: 379 (Pseudolfersia); erythropsis Bigot 1885: 239.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Tropicopolitan; Española, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Rábida, Santa Cruz, Seymour.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
- Sinclair, B.J. Peck, S.B. (2005) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Olfersia aenescens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6712. Accessed 2 November 2026.