Biology:Megabraula

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Short description: Genus of flies

Megabraula
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Carnoidea
Family: Braulidae
Genus: Megabraula
Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986[1]
Type species
Megabraula onerosa
Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986[1]

Megabraula is a fly genus in the family Braulidae. These are very unusual flies, wingless and flattened, and barely recognizable as Diptera. Megabraula is found in Nepal and is 3 mm in length. Both species are found in the nests of Apis laboriosa[1]

Species

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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 (4): 427–438. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1986.tb00534.x. 

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