Euvarroa wongsirii

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Euvarroa wongsirii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Laelapidae
Genus: Euvarroa
Species:
E. wongsirii
Binomial name
Euvarroa wongsirii
Lekprayoon & Tangkanasing, 1991

Euvarroa wongsirii is a species of bee mite native to Southeast Asia first records from Thailand, then Malaysia. [1] [2] It can be found in areas ranging from southern China to the Palawan Island of the Philippines and in some mainland regions alongside Euvarroa sinhai a different bee mite species of the same genus Euvarroa first described from India. [1] [3] The species E. wongsirii is a parasite of bees, using them as a food source. This mite has been found almost exclusively in the bee Apis andreniformis . [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Hepburn, H.R.; Radloff, S.E., eds. (2011). Honeybees of Asia (1st ed.). Berlin: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16422-4. ISBN   978-3-642-16421-7.
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