Braulidae
Sign in to saveBraulidae, or bee lice, is a family of true flies (Diptera) with seven species in two genera, Braula and Megabraula. They are found in honey bee colonies due to their phoretic, inquiline, and kleptoparasitic relationships with the bees. Similar in appearance but not closely related to keds, these flies are also small, wingless, and occasionally mistaken for mites or lice, hence their common name.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyBraulidae
Пчелиные вши, или Браулиды (лат. Braulidae) — семейство бескрылых насекомых из отряда двукрылые. 2 рода и 8 видов. Длина около 1—2 мм. Жужжальца, крылья и щиток отсутствуют. Являются комменсалами или паразитами медоносных пчёл. Вызывают сокращение яйцекладки, истощение пчёл (браулёз):178-180.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- Family
- Braulidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa, Cyprus, Venezuela, Italy, Greece, Austria, Slovenia
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- Parent taxon
- Muscomorpha
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- taxon name
- Braulidae
- taxon common name
- bilusfluer
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Braulidae, or bee lice, is a family of true flies (Diptera) with seven species in two genera, Braula and Megabraula. They are found in honey bee colonies due to their phoretic, inquiline, and kleptoparasitic relationships with the bees. Similar in appearance but not closely related to keds, these flies are also small, wingless, and occasionally mistaken for mites or lice, hence their common name.
== History ==
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