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EENY-171: Beelouse, Braula coeca Nitzsch (Insecta: Diptera: Braulidae)

Figure 2. Dorsal view of a tarsus of an adult beelouse, Braula coeca Nitzsch, showing the comb-shaped row of spines, or claw, important in clinging to the branched hairs of the bee.