The first report on the ectoparasitic genus Tropilaelaps Delfinado &amp; Baker (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) in Russia

Omid Joharchi; Victoria V.  Stolbova

Persian Journal of Acarology (Jul 2024)

The first report on the ectoparasitic genus Tropilaelaps Delfinado & Baker (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) in Russia

Omid Joharchi,
Victoria V. Stolbova

Affiliations

Omid Joharchi: Agriculture Science and Technology Institute, Andong National University, Andong, Republic of Korea
Victoria V. Stolbova: All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Veterinary Entomology and Arachnology - a Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science of the Federal Research Center of the Tyumen Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen, Russia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 3

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During a survey of gamasid mites associated with honey bees in Western Siberia (Tyumen region), Russia, Tropilaelaps mercedesae Anderson & Morgan was collected in hives of the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). T. mercedesae was recently recorded in Central Asia, Uzbekistan. This finding in Russia indicates that the range of this dangerous ectoparasitic species is expanding.

Published in Persian Journal of Acarology

ISSN: 2251-8169 (Online)
Publisher: Acarological Society of Iran
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology
Website: http://www.biotaxa.org/pja/

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