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Crataerina pacifica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hippoboscidae
Genus: Crataerina
Species:
C. pacifica
Binomial name
Crataerina pacifica
Iwasa, 2001

Crataerina pacifica is a species of biting fly in the family of louse flies Hippoboscidae. It has been found in the nest of the Pacific swift (Apus pacificus). [1]

References

  1. ^ Iwasa, M (2001). "A new species of the genus Crataerina von Olfers (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) with reduced wings from Apus pacificus (Apodiformes, Apodidae) in Japan" (PDF). Entomological Science. 4 (4): 191–194. ISSN  1343-8786.