Megabraula
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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]
Species
- Megabraula antecessor Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986[1]
- Megabraula onerosa Grimaldi & Underwood, 1986[1]
References
- ^ a b c 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.