Braula

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Carnoidea

Familia: Braulidae
Genera: Braula
Species: B. coeca – ...
Name

Braula coeca Nitzsch, 1818

Type species: Braula coeca Nitzsch, 1818
References

Braula – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Australian Faunal Directory

Braula is a genus of flies (Diptera) in the family Braulidae or bee lice. These are very unusual flies, wingless and flattened, and barely recognizable as Diptera. Braula coeca Nitzsch is a pest of honey bees. The larvae tunnel through the wax honeycomb and the adults are found on the bodies of honey bees. There is some debate as to whether the bee louse causes damage to the honey bee. These flies sometimes can be found at places where bees congregate such as flowers or salt licks, waiting to grab onto hosts from uninfested nests. Braula is cosmopolitan and about 1.6 mm in length.
Species

Braula coeca Nitzsch, 1818
Braula kohli Schmitz, 1914[2]
Braula orientalis Òròsi Pál, 1939
Braula pretoriensis Òròsi Pál, 1939
Braula schmitzi Òròsi Pál, 1939[3]

References

Papp, L (1984). Soós, Árpád; Papp, Lazlo (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera (Print). 10. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 178–180. ISBN 0-444-99601-X.
Schmitz, H. (1914). "Eine auf der afrikanischer Honigbiene schmarotzende neue Braula-Art". Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale. 54: 121–123. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
Dobson, J.R. (1999). "Bee-louse Braula schmitzi Örösi-Pál (Diptera: Braulidae) new to the British Isles, and the status of Braula spp. in England and Wales". British Journal of Entomology and Natural History. British Entomological and Natural History Society. 11: 139–148.