Varroinae

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
Note: Subfamlial rank after Oh. et. al. 2024.
Genera: Euvarroa – Varroa

Varroinae Delfinado & Baker, 1974; See Oh et. al., 2024 (Revised as subfamily).

Delfinado, M.D. & Baker, E.W. 1974. Varroidae, a new family of mites on honey bees (Mesostigmata: Acarina). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 64(1): 4–10. BHL Reference page.
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

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.
Casanueva, M.E. 1993. Phylogenetic studies of the free-living and arthropod associated Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Gayana Zoologia 57(1): 21–46.
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
Oudemans, A.C. 1904. Acarologische Aanteekeningen XII. Entomologische Berichten 1(18): 160–164. BHL Reference page.
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.

Barry OConnor & Pavel B. Klimov (-2012) Classification of mites associated with bees of the World Literature links North American Bee Associated Mites
P. Klimov, B. OConnor, R. Ochoa, G. Bauchan, A. Redford, J. Scher (-2012) Bee Mite ID: Bee-associated Mite Genera of the World
Blog post A LESS NOTORIOUS BEE MITE
Blog Post The overlooked parasite
Varroidae Species Listing in Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog (Archive, outdated)