Braula coeca Nitzsch, 1818
(Bee Louse, Bee-louse)

Interactions where Braula coeca is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
is a guest in nest UK/Ireland Apis mellifera Honey Bee, Hive Bee, Drone-bee Hymenoptera: Apidae The Hymenopterist’s Handbook, Betts, C. (ed.), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Braulidae/Braula coeca/Braula coecabee louse, bee-louse Animal / guestUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Apis mellifera/Apis melliferahoney bee, hive bee, drone-beenest

Author & YearTitleSource
Betts, C. (ed.), 1986The Hymenopterist’s HandbookVol 7., Second edition, 208pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Braula coeca (Bee Louse, Bee-louse) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Braula coeca (Bee Louse, Bee-louse) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBraula coeca (Bee Louse, Bee-louse)
FamilyBRAULIDAE (bee lice)
SuperfamilyCARNOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Braula coeca (Bee Louse, Bee-louse)

Braula coeca (Bee Louse, Bee-louse) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Braula coeca (Bee Louse, Bee-louse):

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