Euvarroa sinhai

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Euvarroa sinhai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Laelapidae
Genus: Euvarroa
Species:
E. sinhai
Binomial name
Euvarroa sinhai
Delfinado & Baker, 1974 [1]

Euvarroa sinhai is a species of bee mite originally described from India. It can be found in areas ranging from Iran to Thailand, for the latter where and lives alongside Euvarroa wongsirii another bee mite of the same genus. [2] The species E. sinhai is a parasite of bees, using them as a food source. This mite has been found almost exclusively in the bee Apis florea in India and later Sri Lanka and Thailand . [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 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. 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.
  3. Morin, C.E.; Otis, G.W. (1993). "Observations on the morphology and biology of Euvarroa wongsirii (Mesostigmata: Varroidae), a parasite of Apis andreniformis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". International Journal of Acarology. 19 (2): 167–172. doi:10.1080/01647959308683976.