Bee louse (honeybee louse)

Japanese: ミツバチシラミバエ(蜜蜂虱蠅) - ミツバチシラミバエ(英語表記)bee louse
Bee louse (honeybee louse)
An insect of the Diptera family, family Catocalidae. It can be found wherever honeybees are kept. It is small, about 1.5 mm long, and like spider flies, it lacks wings and compound eyes, but has a haltere. It parasitizes the thorax of honeybees and at first glance looks like a mite. Its legs are densely covered with setae, and the comb-like setae on its tarsus are suitable for attaching to the setae on the honeybee's body. It is oviparous. It is said that the adult licks the honey and royal jelly exhaled by honeybees. Its eggs are laid in the brood chambers of honeybees.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
双翅目ミツバチシラミバエ科の昆虫。ミツバチを飼っているところではどこでも見られる。小型で,体長約1.5mm,クモバエに似て翅と複眼を欠くが,平均棍をもっている。ミツバチの胸部に寄生し,一見ダニのように見える。脚には剛毛を密生し,それと跗節(ふせつ)の櫛(くし)状の剛毛は,ミツバチの体の剛毛に固着するのに適している。卵生。成虫はミツバチの吐き出すみつやローヤルゼリーをなめるといわれている。卵はミツバチの育房に産みつけられる。

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