Crataerina

Crataerina
Crataerina pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Calyptratae
Superfamily:	Hippoboscoidea
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 Hirundidae (Swallows and Martins).

Species

• C. acutipennis Austen, 1926^[3] - Hosts Apus affinis, A. caffer, A. horus, A. pallidus, A. unicolor^[4]
• C. debilis Maa, 1975^[3]
• C. hirundinis Linnaeus, 1758 ^[3] - Hosts Delichon urbicum, D. dasypus, Hirundo rustica, Riparia riparia, Ptyonoprogne rupestris^[4]
• C. melbae (Róndani, 1879)^[3] - Hosts Apus melba, A. pacificus cooki, A. apus, Tachymarptis aequatorialis.^[4][5]
• C. obtusipennis Austen, 1926^[3]
• C. pacifica Iwasa, 2001^[3] - Host Apus pacificus^[6]
• C. pallida (Olivier in Latreille, 1812)^[1][3] - Host Apus apus
• C. seguyi Falcoz, 1929^[3] - Hosts Alopochelidon fuscata, Notiochelidon cyanoleuca, N. murina^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 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. ^ ^{a b} Maa,T. C. (1962). "Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii) 4 (3): 583–614pp. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Dick, C. W. (2006). Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea).. Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–7pp. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} 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. 
5. ^ 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. 
6. ^ 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.