Varroa underwoodi

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: Varroa underwoodi

Name

Varroa underwoodi Delfinado & Aggarwal, 1987.

Type locality: Nepal, Lumleb, Kaski, 5600 feet elevation

Typus: Holotype Female ♀, USNM, legit Benjamin Underwood, 24.II.1984 (from nest of Apis cerana). Paratype 2 females ♀, 1 male ♂ and 2 deutonymphs (1 moulting to adult female).

Combinations

  • Varroa underwoodi Delfinado & Aggarwal, 1987: 233, figs 1-2, 4-11. (Original combination)

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Additional references

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