Varroa

Varroa destructor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dermanyssoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Parasitiformes
Ordo: Mesostigmata
Subordo: Dermanyssina
Superfamilia: Dermanyssoidea

Familia: Laelapidae
Subfamilia: Varroinae
Genus: Varroa
Species: V. destructor – V. jacobsoni – V. rindereri – V. underwoodi

Name

Varroa Oudemans, 1904

Type species: Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans, 1904, by monotypy.

Gender: feminine [?]

Synonyms

(See Euvarroa Delfinado & Baker, 1974, supposedly treated as junior synonym in El Banhawy, 1986: 86).

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Chantawannakul, P., de Guzman, L. I., Li, J. & Williams, G. R. Parasites, pathogens, and pests of honeybees in Asia. Apidologie. 47: 301–324. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0407-5
  • Oh J., Lee S., Kwon W., Joharchi O., Kim S., Lee S. 2024. Molecular phylogeny reveals Varroa mites are not a separate family but a subfamily of Laelapidae. Scientific Reports 14(1): 13994. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63991-zPDF
  • Zhou, T., Anderson, D.L., Huang, Z.Y., Huang, S., Yao, J., Ken, T. & Zhang, Q. 2004. Identification of Varroa mites (Acari: Varroidae) infesting Apis cerana and Apis mellifera in China. Apidologie 35: 645–654. PDF. Reference page. 
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