Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, 2000

Ma, Min, Li, Sheng-Cai & Fan, Qing-Hai, 2015, Mites and ticks (Acari) in Shanxi Province, China: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 4006 (1), pp. 1-39 : 16

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6104831
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scientific name	Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, 2000
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96. Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, 2000 View in CoL

Host/Habitat. Apis cerana View in CoL (Asian honey bee), Apis mellifera View in CoL (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)

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

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Mesostigmata
Family	Varroidae
Genus	Varroa

Specimens