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Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman 2000

Description

96. Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, 2000

Host/Habitat. Apis cerana (Asian honey bee), Apis mellifera (Western honey bee). Distribution. Yuci (Zhou et al. 2004).

Remarks. The Varroa mite in China had long been known as Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans. Zhou et al. (2004) clarified that there was only one species V. destructor present in China.

Veigaiaidae Oudemans, 1939 (2 species in 1 genus)

Notes

Published as part of Ma, Min, Li, Sheng-Cai & Fan, Qing-Hai, 2015, Mites and ticks (Acari) in Shanxi Province, China: an annotated checklist, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4006 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289262

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References

  • Zhou, T., Anderson, D. L., Huang, Z. Y., Huang, S. X., Yao, J., Ken, T. & Zhang, Q. W. (2004) Identification of Var roa mites (Acari: Varroidae) infesting Apis cerana and Apis mellifera in China. Apidologie, 35, 645 - 654. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1051 / apido: 2004059