Biology:Crataerina hirundinis

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Short description: Species of fly

Crataerina hirundinis
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Stenepteryx hirundinis in British Entomology
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hippoboscidae
Genus: Crataerina
Species:
C. hirundinis
Binomial name
Crataerina hirundinis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Stenepteryx hirundinis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Crataerina hirundinis is a species of flies belonging to the family Hippoboscidae. It was formerly placed in its own genus, Stenepteryx.

It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2][3]

This louse fly is known to be an ectoparasite on the house martin.[4]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Trilar, Tomi (in en). Ectoparasites from the nests of the house martin (Delichon urbica) in Slovenia. 1, Faunistic survey. https://www.academia.edu/28928385. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14604321 entry