Megabraula (lat.) - a genus of wingless bee lice ( Braulidae ) from the order of dipteran insects . Endemic to Nepal. They are commensals or parasites of bees . [one]
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| Megabraula Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986 [1] |
Content
- 1 Description
- 2 Systematics
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Description
Distributed in Nepal . Wingless small flies (length about 3 mm) of the brown body. Found on bees of the species Apis laboriosa . [one]
Systematics
There are 2 species. Together with the genus Braula, they form the family Braulidae . [2] [3]
- Megabraula antecessor Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986
- Megabraula onerosa Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Grimaldi, D. and Underwood, BA 1986. Megabraula, a new genus for two new species of Braulidae (Diptera), and a discussion of braulid evolution. Syst. Entomol. 11: 427-38.
- ↑ Braulidae on Tree of Life (English) (Retrieved December 20, 2011)
- ↑ Key to insects of the Russian Far East. T. IV. Diptera and fleas. Part 3 / under the general. ed. P.A. Lera . - Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 2004 .-- S. 398-399. - 659 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 5-8044-0468-7 .
Literature
- Grimaldi, D. and Underwood, BA 1986. Megabraula, a new genus for two new species of Braulidae (Diptera), and a discussion of braulid evolution. Syst. Entomol. 11: 427-38.
Links
- Photo by Megabraula antecessor Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986 (Retrieved December 20, 2011)
- Megabraula on eol.org (Retrieved December 20, 2011)