Biology:Crataerina

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Short description: Genus of flies

Crataerina
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Crataerina pallida
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hippoboscidae
Subfamily: Ornithomyinae
Genus: Crataerina
von Olfers, 1816
Synonyms
  • Oxypterum Leach, 1817[1]
  • Crataerhina Speiser, 1900[2]
  • Crataerrhina Speiser, 1900[2]

Crataerina is a genus of louse flies in the family Hippoboscidae. All are parasites of birds, feeding on the blood of various species of Apodidae (swifts) and Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). The genus is sometimes spelled Craterina.[3]

Species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hutson, A.M. (1984). Diptera: Keds, flat-flies & bat-flies (Hippoboscidae & Nycteribiidae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10 pt 7. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 84 pp. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Maa, T. C. (1962). "Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii) 4 (3): 583–614pp. 
  3. Evenhuis, N.L. 2010: Type designations of Diptera (Insecta) in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. Zootaxa, 2653: 37-50. Preview
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Dick, C. W. (2006). Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea). (Report). Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–7pp. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Maa, T. C. (1969). "A Revised Checklist and Concise Host Index of Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii) 20: 261–299pp. 
  6. 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. 
  7. Iwasa, M (2001). "A New Species of the Genus Crataerina von Olfers (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) with Reduced Wings from Apus paclficus (Apodiformes, Apodidae) in Japan.". Entomological Science (Hokkaido: Entomological Society of Japan) 4 (4): 191–194pp. ISSN 1343-8786. http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110003374734/en. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1616504 entry