Crataerina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Calyptratae
Superfamilia: Hippoboscoidea

Familia: Hippoboscidae
Genus: Crataerina
Species (8): C. acutipennis – C. debilis – C. hirundinis – C. melbae – C. obtusipennis – C. pacifica – C. pallida – C. seguyi

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist (Crataerina), Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist (Craterina)]

Check: C. anomala – C. farreni – C. longipennis – C. propinqua – C. pullida – C. rusticus – C. waterstoni
Name

Crataerina

Synonyms

Craterina Olfers, 1816
Oxypterum Leach, 1817
Type species: Ornithomyia pallida Olivier, 1811
Fixation: subsequent designation by Stephens in Richardson (1836: 779)
Stenepteryx

References

Evenhuis, N.L. 2010. Type designations of Diptera (Insecta) in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. Zootaxa 2653: 37–50. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2653.1.2 Paywall. Plazi. Reference page.

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 Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). The genus is sometimes spelled Craterina.[3]
Species

C. acutipennis Austen, 1926[4] - hosts include Apus affinis, A. caffer, A. horus, A. pallidus, A. unicolor[5]
C. debilis Maa, 1975[4]
C. hirundinis (Linnaeus, 1758)[4] - hosts include Delichon urbicum, D. dasypus, Hirundo rustica, Riparia riparia, Ptyonoprogne rupestris[5]
C. melbae (Róndani, 1879)[4] - hosts include Apus melba, A. pacificus cooki, A. apus, Tachymarptis aequatorialis.[5][6]
C. obtusipennis Austen, 1926[4]
C. pacifica Iwasa, 2001[4] - hosts include Apus pacificus[7]
C. pallida (Olivier in Latreille, 1812)[1][4] - hosts include Apus apus
C. seguyi Falcoz, 1929[4] - hosts include Alopochelidon fuscata, Notiochelidon cyanoleuca, N. murina[5]

References

Hutson, A.M. (1984). Diptera: Keds, flat-flies & bat-flies (Hippoboscidae & Nycteribiidae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10 pt 7. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 84 pp.
Maa, T. C. (1962). "Notes on the Hippoboscidae (Diptera)". Pacific Insects Monograph. Honolulu: Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. 4 (3): 583–614pp.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2010: Type designations of Diptera (Insecta) in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. Zootaxa, 2653: 37-50. Preview
Dick, C. W. (2006). "Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea)". Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History: 1–7pp.
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.
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.
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.