Varroa rindereri

Varroa rindereri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Laelapidae
Genus:	Varroa
Species:	V. rindereri
Binomial name
Varroa rindereri de Guzman & Delfinado-Baker, 1996

Varroa rindereri is an external parasitic mite that feeds on honey bees. The only known honey bee species it feeds on Apis koschevnikovi . ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Its geographic range includes Southeast Asia, including the Malaysian peninsula. ^[4] The species is one of the four known species within the Varroa genus in addition to V. destructor, V. jacobsoni, and V. underwoodi. Compared to these other species of Varroa, V. rindereri is typically larger with an average length of 1,180 μm. ^[5]

References

1. Chantawannakul, Panuwan; de Guzman, Lilia I.; Li, Jilian; Williams, Geoffrey R. (May 2016). "Parasites, pathogens, and pests of honeybees in Asia". Apidologie. 47 (3): 301–324. doi: 10.1007/s13592-015-0407-5 .
2. de Guzman, Lilia I.; Rinderer, Thomas E. (1999). "Identification and comparison of Varroa species infesting honey bees". Apidologie. 30 (2–3): 85–95. doi: 10.1051/apido:19990201 .
3. Traynor, Kristen S.; Mondet, FannyI.; de Miranda, Joachim R.; Oddie, Melissa A. Y. (May 2020). "Varroa destructor: A Complex Parasite, Crippling Honey Bees Worldwide". Trends in Parasitology. 36 (7): 592–606. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.04.004 .
4. Dietemann, Vincent; Nazzi, Francesco; Martin, Stephen J.; Anderson, Denis L. (May 2013). "Standard methods for Varroa research". Journal of Apicultural Research. 52 (1): 1–54. doi: 10.3896/IBRA.1.52.1.09 .
5. Hua, Tsen; Chantawannakul, Panuwan; Tsai, Cheng-Lung; Yeh, Wen-Bin (2023). "Genetic Profile of the Parasitic Varroan Mite Varroa destructor (Arachnida: Mesostigmata:Varroidae) in Taiwan: a New Taiwanese Haplotype Intermediate Between the Highly Virulent Russian and Less Virulent Japanese Types Identified in the Honey Bee Host Apis cerana". Zoological Studies. 62 (11): 1–12. doi: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-11 .