Crataerina melbae

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Crataerina melbae
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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]

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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". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 269 (1): 131–135. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00620.x . PMID   17227456.