Varroa

Varroa

Taxobox
name = "Varroa"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Varroa destructor", Photo by Scott Bauer
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Acari
familia = Parasitidae
genus = "Varroa"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Varroa" is a genus of parasitic mites associated with honey bees.

;Selected species
*"Varroa destructor" - a virulent parasite that infests its natural host, "Apis cerana", on mainland Asia and also "Apis mellifera" (Western honey bee) worldwide
*"Varroa jacobsoni" - a relatively benign parasite of "Apis cerana" (Asian honey bees).


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