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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Bee lice (Braulidae)

Family Braulidae - Bee lice

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