BRAULIDAE
(bee lice)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dobson, J.R. 1998 A ’bee-louse’ Braula schmitzi Orosi-Pal (Diptera: Braulidae) new to the British Isles, and the status of Braula spp. in England and Wales Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 11: 139-148.
Underwood, R. Small Families

BRAULIDAE (bee lice) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BRAULIDAE (bee lice)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BRAULIDAE (bee lice)
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