Varroa destructor

Varroa destructor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dermanyssoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 destructor

Name

Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, 2000

Type locality: South Korea, Jungup

Typus: Holotype Female ♀, ANIC, legit D.L. Anderson, 20.X.1996.

Combinations

• Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, 2000: 181, Figs, 5c & d.(Original combination)

References

Primary references

• Anderson, D.L. & Trueman, J.W.H. 2000. Varroa jacobsoni (Acari: Varroidae) is more than one species. Experimental and Applied Acarology 24(3): 165–189. DOI: 10.1023/A:1006456720416 Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

• čeština: kleštík zhoubný
• Deutsch: Varroamilbe
• English: Varroa
• suomi: Varroapunkki
• polski: dręcz pszczeli
• slovenčina: klieštik včelí
• 中文: 瓦蟎

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