Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beelouse

Posted by Asilus on 26-04-2007 09:57
#1
Does any know of other hosts than Apis mellifera Linnaeus for the Beelouse, Braula coeca Nitzsch?
Edited by Asilus on 26-04-2007 09:58

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-04-2007 10:30
#2
The Manual of Nearctic Diptera only mentions 'honeybees', without citing the scientific name of the honeybee.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-04-2007 19:58
#3
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.