Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyDrosophilidae
Observations recorded150
*Adult bee louse (Braula): -body structure: rounded, six legged, comb like feet (for holding onto bee hairs), covered in setae, wingless (aptera), eyeless -coloration: reddish brown -size: 1.5 millimeters in length and 0.75 millimeters in width -home: live “clinged” on bees (with help from bristle/comb like feet), usually one braula per bee and there may be more than one on queen bees -source of food: Braula feed on honey which is sucked from a bee’s mouth during regurgitation of the honey into comb cells, with the help of the Braulid’s own sucking mouth organ
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Braulidae
- Collections
- CHAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, TMAG, NHMUK, NHMO
- Recorded in
- Egypt, Australia, United Kingdom, Norway, Italy, France, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Braula
- Image
- The bee louse Braula coeca attached to the head region of its host, the honeybee Apis mellifera scutellata.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- taxon name
- Braula coeca
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- Bee Louse
- Commons category
- Braula coeca
- has effect
- Q10990243
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- regional conservation status
- Vulnerable
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