Megabraula

Megabraula is a fly genus in the family Braulidae (Diptera), or bee lice. These are very unusual flies, wingless and flattened, and barely recognizable as Diptera. Megabraula is found in Nepal and is 3 mm in length [1]

Megabraula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Braulidae
Genus:
Megabraula

Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986
Species

See text

Species
  • Megabraula antecessor Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986[1]
  • Megabraula onerosa Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986[1]

References
  1. Grimaldi, D.; Underwood, B.A. (1986). "Megabraula, a new genus for two new species of Braulidae (Diptera), and a discussion of braulid evolution". Systematic Entomology. 11: 427–438. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1986.tb00534.x.
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