Family Braulidae - Bee lice

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Internet References · Works Cited

I can't believe it's a fly - Braula coeca

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Ephydroidea

Family Braulidae (Bee lice)

Explanation of Names

Braulidae Egger 1853

Numbers

a single (introduced) species in our area, 7 spp. in 2 genera total(1)

Internet References

Tree of Life

Works Cited

1.	Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 24 April, 2008 - 2:49pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2014 - 6:04pm

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