Braula coeca

Braula coeca, the bee louse, is a species of bee louse in the family Braulidae.^[3][4][5]

Braula coeca
Braula coeca attached to the head of its host, Apis mellifera scutellata.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Braulidae
Genus:	Braula
Species:	B. coeca
Binomial name
Braula coeca Nitzsch, 1818[1]
Synonyms
Acarus gymnopterorum Linnaeus, 1758 Braula hansruttneri Huttinger, 1980[2] Entomibia apum Costa, 1846