Biology:Stenepteryx

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Short description: Genus of flies

Stenepteryx
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Stenepteryx hirundinis in British Entomology
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Hippoboscoidea
Family: Hippoboscidae
Genus: Stenepteryx
Leach, 1817
Species:
S. hirundinis
Binomial name
Stenepteryx hirundinis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Crataerina hirundinis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

  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/Ectoparasites_from_the_nests_of_the_house_martin_Delichon_urbica_in_Slovenia._1_Faunistic_survey. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15631362 entry