Varroa underwoodi

Varroa underwoodi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Varroidae
Genus:	Varroa
Species:	V. underwoodi
Binomial name
Varroa underwoodi Delfinado-Baker and Aggarwal 1987[1]

Varroa underwoodi is a mite that feeds on honey bees. It is an external parasite of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), Asian honey bee (A. cerana), A. nigrocincta, and A. nuluensis[2][3] V. underwoodi has been found on multiple bee species in Southern Asia, though has only been found on the Asian honey bee in China.[4][3] The smallest sized V. underwoodi was collected from Papua New Guinea from western honey bee hives.[3]

Hosts

Hosts are primarily Apis dorsata, A. laboriosa and A. breviligula.[5] Includes A. cerana.

References

1. Delfinado-Baker, M.; Aggarwal, K. (December 1987). "A new Varroa (Acari: Varroidae) from the nest of Apis cerana (Apidae)". International Journal of Acarology. 13 (4): 233–237. Bibcode:1987IJAca..13..233D. doi:10.1080/01647958708683777.
2. Chantawannakul, Panuwan; de Guzman, Lilia I.; Li, Jilian; Williams, Geoffrey R. (May 2016). "Parasites, pathogens, and pests of honeybees in Asia". Apidologie. 47 (3): 301–324. doi:10.1007/s13592-015-0407-5.
3. de Guzman, Lilia I.; Rinderer, Thomas E. (1999). "Identification and comparison of Varroa species infesting honey bees". Apidologie. 30 (2–3): 85–95. doi:10.1051/apido:19990201.
4. Fanelli, Angela; Tizzani, Paolo (August 2020). "Spatial and temporal analysis of varroosis from 2005 to 2018". Research in Veterinary Science. 131: 215–221. doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2020.04.017.
5. Dietemann, Vincent; Nazzi, Francesco; Martin, Stephen J; Anderson, Denis L; Locke, Barbara; Delaplane, Keith S; Wauquiez, Quentin; Tannahill, Cindy; Frey, Eva; Ziegelmann, Bettina; Rosenkranz, Peter; Ellis, James D (2013). "Standard methods for varroa research". Journal of Apicultural Research. 52 (1): 1–54. doi:10.3896/IBRA.1.52.1.09. S2CID 85030571.