Biology:Tropilaelaps

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Tropilaelaps
CSIRO ScienceImage 7018 Asian bee mites Tropilaelaps sp on European honey bees and a deformed bee top left.jpg
Tropilaelaps mites on European honey bee larvae
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Tropilaelaps

Delfinado & Baker, 1961

Tropilaelaps is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Laelapidae.[1] Their range spans the Philippines , Thailand, Vietnam, India , Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Pakistan . Their primary hosts are the larva of Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa, although after Apis mellifera was imported to Asia, they were found to also be suitable hosts for two species of Tropilaelaps, T. clareae and T. mercedesae.[2] Species can be identified by DNA analysis. They are considered a major economic threat to the beekeeping industry.[3]

Species

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  • Tropilaelaps mercedesae Delfinado & Baker, 1961
  • Tropilaelaps clareae Delfinado & Baker, 1961
  • Tropilaelaps koenigerum Delfinado-Baker & Baker, 1982
  • Tropilaelaps thaii Anderson & Morgan, 2007

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7846242 entry