| Crataerina hirundinis | |
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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 |
| Family: | Hippoboscidae |
| Genus: | Crataerina |
| Species: | C. hirundinis |
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| Crataerina hirundinis (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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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.
This louse fly is known to be an ectoparasite on the house martin.
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. "Ectoparasites from the nests of the house martin (Delichon urbica) in Slovenia. 1, Faunistic survey".
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