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Crataerina Debilis
''Crataerina'' is a genus of louse Fly, flies in the family (biology), family Hippoboscidae. All are Parasitism, parasites of birds, feeding on the blood of various species of Swift (bird), Apodidae (swifts) and Swallow, Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). The genus is sometimes spelled ''Craterina''.Evenhuis, N.L. 2010: Type designations of Diptera (Insecta) in the ''Encyclopaedia Metropolitana''. ''Zootaxa'', 2653: 37-50Preview/ref> Species *''Crataerina acutipennis, C. acutipennis'' Austen, 1926 - hosts include ''Apus affinis'', ''white-rumped swift, A. caffer'', ''Apus horus, A. horus'', ''Apus pallidus, A. pallidus'', ''Apus unicolor, A. unicolor'' *''Crataerina debilis, C. debilis'' Maa, 1975 *''Crataerina hirundinis, C. hirundinis'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) - hosts include ''Common house martin, Delichon urbicum'', ''Asian house martin, D. dasypus'', ''barn swallow, Hirundo rustica'', ''sand martin, Riparia riparia'', ''crag martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crataerina Pallida
''Crataerina pallida'', the swift lousefly, is a species of biting fly in the family (biology), family of louse flies Hippoboscidae. These flies are commonly encountered in the nests of the common swift (''Apus apus'') in Europe and Asia. The lousefly spends its entire Biological life cycle, life cycle associated with swifts. The adult lousefly produce larvae in the late summer months which then pupate and lie Dormancy, dormant during the winter months inside the vacated swift nest. These parasites have highly aggregated population distribution and high levels of host prevalence. The adult fly then hatch out in spring when the first swift eggs are laid, by the returning adults, and feed on the blood of the nestlings and the adults, sucking about 25 mg of blood every 5 days. They can be a serious Pest (organism), pest of adult and nestling swifts. ''Crataerina pallida'' is vertically transmitted Parasitism, ectoparasite, in that it is passed from parent host on to offspring. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apus Pallidus
The pallid swift (''Apus pallidus'') is a small bird, superficially similar to a barn swallow or Common house martin, house martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since the Swift (bird), swifts are in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. Swifts have very short legs which they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces. The genus name ''Apus'' is Latin for a swift, thought by the ancients to be a type of swallow with no feet (from Ancient Greek α, ''a'', "without", and πούς, ''pous'', "foot"), and ''pallidus'' is Latin for "pale". They never settle voluntarily on the ground. Swifts spend most of their lives in the air, living on the insects they catch in their beaks. They drink on the wing. Taxonomy The pallid swift was first described by English naturalist George Ernest Shelley in 1870. Description This long species is very similar to the common swift, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Swift
The alpine swift (''Tachymarptis melba'') formerly ''Apus melba'', is a species of swift found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia. They breed in mountains from southern Europe to the Himalaya. Like common swifts, they are migratory; the southern European population winters further south in southern Africa. They have very short legs which are used for clinging to vertical surfaces. Like most swifts, they never settle voluntarily on the ground, spending most of their lives in the air living on the insects they catch in their beaks. Taxonomy and systematics The genus name is from the Ancient Greek ''takhus'', "fast", and ''marptis'', "seizer". The specific name ''melba'' comes from ‘melano-alba’ or ‘mel-alba’, the two colours that Linnaeus referred to these in his description. A total of ten sub-species are currently recognised (see distribution below). Description and biology This is a large swift measuring 20–22 cm in length with a wingspan of 54–60 cm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camillo Rondani
Camillo Rondani (21 November 1808 – 17 September 1879) was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera. Early life, family and education Camillo Rondani was born in Parma when the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy. The Rondani family were wealthy landowners and of "rich and of ancient origins" with ecclesiastical connections preliminary. Camillo's early education was in a seminary. He then passed into the public school system where, encouraged by Macedonio Melloni his physics and chemistry teacher in the preparatory course for the University of Parma, he did not attend the law lessons though his family had insisted. He attended mineralogy classes given by a Franciscan priest Father Bagatta and was taught natural history, a complementary course to botany for Medicine and Pharmacy. The Reader of Botany to the Athenaeum Parmesan was Professori Giorgio Jan, assistant at the Imperial Museum in Vienna and holder of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crataerina Melbae
''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. ''Crataerina melbae'' was shown to contain symbiotic bacterium ''Sodalis ''Sodalis'' is a genus of bacteria within the family Pectobacteriaceae. This genus contains several insect endosymbionts and also a free-living group. It is studied due to its potential use in the biological control of the tsetse fly. ''Sodalis' ....'' References External links Parasitic flies Parasites of birds Hippoboscidae Insects described in 1879 Taxa named by Camillo Rondani {{Parasite-insect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crag Martin
The crag martins are four species of small passerine birds in the genus ''Ptyonoprogne'' of the swallow family. They are the Eurasian crag martin (''P. rupestris''), the pale crag martin (''P. obsoleta''), the rock martin (''P. fuligula'') and the dusky crag martin (''P. concolor''). They are closely related to each other, and have formerly sometimes been considered to be one species. They are closely related to the ''Hirundo'' barn swallows and are placed in that genus by some authorities. These are small swallows with brown upperparts, paler underparts without a breast band, and a square tail with white patches. They can be distinguished from each other on size, the colour shade of the upperparts and underparts, and minor plumage details like throat colour. They resemble the sand martin, but are darker below, and lack a breast band. These are species of craggy mountainous habitats, although all three will also frequent human habitation. The African rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sand Martin
The sand martin (''Riparia riparia''), also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries and across the Palearctic to the Pacific Ocean. It is a Holarctic species also found in North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, South America, and the Indian Subcontinent. Taxonomy This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', and originally named ''Hirundo riparia''; the description consisted of the simple "''H rundocinerea, gula abdomineque albis''" – "an ash-grey swallow, with white throat and belly" – and the type locality was simply given as "Europa". The specific name means "of the riverbank"; it is derived from the Latin ''ripa'' "riverbank". The pale martin of northern India and southeastern China i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barn Swallow
The barn swallow (''Hirundo rustica'') is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. In fact, it appears to have the largest natural distribution of any of the world's passerines, ranging over 251 million square kilometres globally. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. In Anglophone Europe it is just called the swallow; in northern Europe it is the only common species called a "swallow" rather than a "martin". There are six subspecies of barn swallow, which breed across the Northern Hemisphere. Four are strongly migratory, and their wintering grounds cover much of the Southern Hemisphere as far south as central Argentina, the Cape Province of South Africa, and northern Australia. Its huge range means that the barn swallow is not endangered, although there may be local population declines due to specific threats. The barn swallow is a bird of open country that nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian House Martin
The Asian house martin (''Delichon dasypus'') is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family Hirundinidae. It has mainly blue-black upperparts, other than its white rump, and has pale grey underparts. Its three subspecies breed in the Himalayas and in central and eastern Asia, and spend the winter lower in the mountains or in Southeast Asia. This species is locally abundant and is expanding northward in Siberia, so there are no concerns about its conservation status. This martin breeds in colonies, building mud nests under an overhang on a vertical cliff or the wall of a building. Both sexes build the nest, incubate the three or four white eggs and feed the chicks. The Asian house martin feeds on small insects taken in flight, usually caught high in the air. The presence of terrestrial springtails and Lepidoptera larvae in its diet indicates that food is sometimes picked from the ground. Taxonomy The Asian house martin was first formally described from a bird collected in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
