Euvarroa

Euvarroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Laelapidae
Subfamily:	Varroinae
Genus:	Euvarroa Delfinado & Baker, 1974

Euvarroa is a genus of parasitic mesostigmatan mites associated with bees, originally placed into its own family, Varroidae, but later revised as a subfamily. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

The genus Euvarroa contains two species: ^[3]

• Euvarroa sinhai Delfinado & Baker, 1974 ^[1] – a relatively benign parasite of Apis florea.
• Euvarroa wongsirii Lekprayoon & Tangkanasing, 1991 ^[4] – a relatively benign parasite of Apis andreniformis.

References

1. 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. JSTOR   24535743.
2. 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.
3. "Euvarroa". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
4. Lekprayoon, C.; Tangkanasing, P. (1991). "Euvarroa wongsirii, a new species of bee mite from Thailand". International Journal of Acarology. 17 (4): 255–258. doi:10.1080/01647959108683915. ISSN   0164-7954.