Crataerina hirundinis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a flat fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCrataerina hirundinis (a flat fly)
FamilyHIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)
SuperfamilyHIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Crataerina hirundinis (a flat fly) :
1: Crataerina hirundinis (a flat fly)
23 Aug 1975 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
found indoors
Image 1: Anterior view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 5: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 6: Dorsolateral view - enlargedImage 7: Head and thorax - anterolateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 9: Head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)

Crataerina hirundinis (a flat fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Crataerina hirundinis (a flat fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Crataerina hirundinis (a flat fly)
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