Biology:Crataerina melbae
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Short description: Species of fly
| Crataerina melbae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Hippoboscidae |
| Genus: | Crataerina |
| Species: | C. melbae
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| Binomial name | |
| Crataerina melbae (Rondani, 1879)[1]
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Crataerina melbae is a species of biting fly in the family of louse flies Hippoboscidae. Its hosts are swift species including the Alpine, Pacific, Common and mottled swifts.[2][3]
Crataerina melbae was shown to contain symbiotic bacterium Sodalis.[4]
References
- ↑ Dick, C. W. (2006). Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea). (Report). Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–7pp.
- ↑ Maa, T. C. (1962). "Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii) 4 (3): 583–614pp.
- ↑ Tomi Trilar, T.; Kremar, S. (2005). "Contribution to the Knowledge of Louse Flies of Croatia (Diptera: Hippoboscidae).". Natura Croatia. (Zagreb: Croatian Natural History Museum) 14 (2): 131–140pp.
- ↑ Novakova, Eva; Hypsa, Vaclav (April 2007). "A new Sodalis lineage from bloodsucking fly Craterina melbae (Diptera, Hippoboscoidea) originated independently of the tsetse flies symbiont Sodalis glossinidius" (in en). FEMS Microbiology Letters 269 (1): 131–135. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00620.x. PMID 17227456.
Wikidata ☰ Q14015991 entry
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