Biology:Crataerina melbae

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Short description: Species of fly

Crataerina melbae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hippoboscidae
Genus: Crataerina
Species:
C. melbae
Binomial name
Crataerina melbae
(Rondani, 1879)[1]

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

  1. Dick, C. W. (2006). Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea). (Report). Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–7pp. 
  2. Maa, T. C. (1962). "Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii) 4 (3): 583–614pp. 
  3. 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. 
  4. 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