Braulidae
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5518.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/824DD70E-FFC8-E040-FF69-F97E1ED2F06E |
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Braulidae |
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The family Braulidae comprises seven species in the genera Braula Nitzsch and Megabraula Grimaldi & Underwood ( Grimaldi & Underwood 1986) . In Chile, only Braula coeca Nitzsch , a kleptoparasitic fly of honeybee colonies that lives associated with adult bees and hive wax, is present. Its importance and damage to honeybees are normally negligible for beekeeping ( Büscher et al. 2021), and most probably, this is an introduced species.
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