Varroinae
Subfamily of mites
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Varroinae is a subfamily of parasitic mesostigmatan mites associated with bees.
| Varroinae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Family: | Laelapidae |
| Subfamily: | Varroinae Delfinado & Baker, 1974[1] |
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It was originally established as a family level rank by Delfinado & Baker, 1974, however, subsequently it was revised as a subfamily of Laelapidae in a molecular phylogenetic based study by Oh et al., 2024.[2]
As of December 2025[update] the group includes two genera: