Varroa

Varroa destructor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dermanyssoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Ordo: Mesostigmata Subordo: Dermanyssina Superfamilia: Dermanyssoidea

Familia: Varroidae
Genus: Varroa
Species: V. destructor – V. jacobsoni – V. rindereri – V. sinhai – V. underwoodi – V. wongsirii

Name

Varroa Oudemans, 1904

Synonyms

• Euvarroa Delfinado & Baker, 1974 [syn. El Banhawy (1986: 86)]

References

• De Guzman, L.I.; Delfinado-Baker, M. 1996: A new species of Varroa (Acari: Varroidae) associated with Apis koschevnikovi (Apidae: Hymenoptera) in Borneo. International journal of acarology, 22: 23–27. DOI: 10.1080/01647959608684077
• Delfinado, M.D.; Baker, E.W. 1974: Varroidae, a new family of mites on honeybees (Mesostigmata: Acarina). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 64: 4–9.
• El-Banhawy, E.M. 1986: Morphological studies on the obligatory parasitic mites of honey bees with a new status of the genus Varroa (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zoological Society of Egypt bulletin, 34: 83–99.

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