Varroa underwoodi
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| Varroa underwoodi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Family: | Varroidae |
| Genus: | Varroa |
| Species: | V. underwoodi |
| Binomial name | |
| Varroa underwoodi Delfinado-Baker and Aggarwal 1987[1] | |
Varroa underwoodi is a mite that feeds on honey bees. It is an external parasite of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), Asian honey bee (A. cerana), A. nigrocincta, and A. nuluensis[2][3] V. underwoodi has been found on multiple bee species in Southern Asia, though has only been found on the Asian honey bee in China.[4][3] The smallest sized V. underwoodi was collected from Papua New Guinea from western honey bee hives.[3]