''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''.
[Evenhuis, N.L. 2010: Type designations of Diptera (Insecta) in the ''Encyclopaedia Metropolitana''. ''Zootaxa'', 2653: 37-50]
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Species
*'' C. acutipennis'' Austen, 1926Apus affinis
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'', '' A. caffer'', '' A. horus'', '' A. pallidus'', '' A. unicolor''1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)Delichon urbicum
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'', '' D. dasypus'', ''Hirundo rustica
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'', '' Riparia riparia'', ''Ptyonoprogne rupestris
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''Apus melba
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'', '' A. pacificus cooki'', '' A. apus'', '' Tachymarptis aequatorialis''.Apus pacificus
The Pacific swift or fork-tailed swift (''Apus pacificus'') is a species of bird that is part of the Swift family. It breeds in eastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, spending the northern hemisphere's winter in Southeast Asia and Austral ...
''Olivier
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* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
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in Latreille, 1812)Apus apus
The common swift (''Apus apus'') is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between th ...
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*'' C. seguyi'' Falcoz, 1929
References
Parasitic flies
Parasites of birds
Hippoboscoidea genera
Hippoboscidae
Taxa named by Ignaz von Olfers
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