Biology:Stenepteryx
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Short description: Genus of flies
| Stenepteryx | |
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| Stenepteryx hirundinis in British Entomology | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Hippoboscoidea |
| Family: | Hippoboscidae |
| Genus: | Stenepteryx Leach, 1817 |
| Species: | S. hirundinis
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenepteryx hirundinis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Stenepteryx is a monotypic genus of flies belonging to the family Hippoboscidae. The only species is Stenepteryx hirundinis.
It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2][3]
This louse fly is known to be an ectoparasite on the house martin.[4]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I,II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.ISBN:81-205-0080-6 ISBN:81-205-0081-4
- ↑ Hutson, A.M. 1984. Keds, flat-flies and bat-flies. Diptera, Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 10(7): 1-40. Royal Entomological Society, London
- ↑ Trilar, Tomi (in en). Ectoparasites from the nests of the house martin (Delichon urbica) in Slovenia. 1, Faunistic survey. https://www.academia.edu/28928385/Ectoparasites_from_the_nests_of_the_house_martin_Delichon_urbica_in_Slovenia._1_Faunistic_survey.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15631362 entry
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