Crataerina melbae

Crataerina melbae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Hippoboscidae
Genus:	Crataerina
Species:	C. melbae
Binomial name
	Crataerina melbae; (Rondani, 1879)

Last updated August 07, 2025

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]

References

↑ Dick, C. W. (2006). Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) (Report). Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–7pp.
↑ Maa, T. C. (1962). "Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph . 4 (3). Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii: 583–614pp.
↑ Tomi Trilar, T.; Kremar, S. (2005). "Contribution to the Knowledge of Louse Flies of Croatia (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)". Natura Croatia. 14 (2). Zagreb: Croatian Natural History Museum: 131–140pp.
↑ 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.

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[Dick06-1] Dick, C. W. (2006). Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) (Report). Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–7pp.

[Maa62-2] Maa, T. C. (1962). "Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph . 4 (3). Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii: 583–614pp.

[Trilar-3] Tomi Trilar, T.; Kremar, S. (2005). "Contribution to the Knowledge of Louse Flies of Croatia (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)". Natura Croatia. 14 (2). Zagreb: Croatian Natural History Museum: 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.

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