Stenepteryx hirundinis

Stenepteryx hirundinis is a species of fly in the family Hippoboscidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2][3]

Stenepteryx hirundinis
Stenepteryx hirundinis in British Entomology
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Family:
Hippoboscidae
Genus:
Stenepteryx
Species:
S. hirundinis
Binomial name
Stenepteryx hirundinis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Crataerina hirundinis (Linnaeus, 1758)

This louse fly is known to be an ectoparasite on the house martin.[4]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I,II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  3. Hutson, A.M. 1984. Keds, flat-flies and bat-flies. Diptera, Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 10(7): 1-40. Royal Entomological Society, London
  4. Trilar, Tomi. "Ectoparasites from the nests of the house martin (Delichon urbica) in Slovenia. 1, Faunistic survey". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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