Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beelouse

Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-04-2007 19:58
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I don't know of any references, but I think it is probable that at least one of the eight Braula or Megabraula species occurs on Apis cerana which is also a domesticated species of honeybee. There are other undomesticated Apis species, and Braula must have evolved in undomesticated bees, so I think they will be found in those too.