Varroidae (Latin) is a family of parasitic gamasid mites from the order Mesostigmata , using honey bees as hosts ( varroatosis ).
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Description
Adult mites parasitize bees and larvae, feeding on their hemolymph [1] [2] .
Systematics
The family includes 6 species in 2 genera [1] (they are sometimes combined in the genus Varroa together with which they form a family) [3] [4] .
- Genus Varroa Oudemans, 1904 (4 species)
- Genus Euvarroa Delfinado et Baker, 1974 (2 species)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Natapot Warrit and Chariya Lekprayoon. (2011). Chapter 16. Asian Honeybee Mites . Pages 347-368 in: Asian Honey Bees: Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions . (Editors: H. Randall Hepburn, Sarah E. Radloff). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Pp.1-669. ISBN: 978-3-642-16421-7 (Print) 978-3-642-16422-4 (Online)
- ↑ Mossadegh MS (1991). Geographical distribution, Ecuarous sinhai Delfinado and Baker (Acarina: Mesostigmata) in Apis florea F colonies in Iran . - Apidologie 22, 2 (1991) 127-134. DOI: 10.1051 / apido: 19910205.
- ↑ Delfinado, MD; Baker, EW 1974: Varroidae, a new family of mites on honeybees (Mesostigmata: Acarina). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 64: 4-9.
- ↑ El-Banhawy, EM 1986: Morphological studies on the genus Varroa (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zoological Society of Egypt bulletin, 34: 83-99.
Literature
- Akratanakul P., Burgett M. (1976). Euvarroa sinhai Delfinado and Baker (Acarina: Mesostigmata) a parasitic mite of Apis florea. J Apic Res 15, 11-13.
- Mossadegh MS, Komeili Birjandi A. (1986). Euvarroa sinhai Delfinado and Baker (Acarina: Mesostigmata): a parasitic mite on Apis florea F in Iran. Am Bee J 126, 684-685.
- Natapot Warrit and Chariya Lekprayoon. (2011). Chapter 16. Asian Honeybee Mites . Pages 347-368 in: Asian Honey Bees: Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions . (Editors: H. Randall Hepburn, Sarah E. Radloff). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Pp.1-669. ISBN: 978-3-642-16421-7 (Print) 978-3-642-16422-4 (Online)