Mesostigmata

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Taxonomy

updated 2025

Diagnostic characters

• Laelapidae associated with Apis with dense idiosomalidiosomal:
  (idiosomatic) adjectival form of idiosoma.
  hypertrichy

More about Tropilaelaps on Bee Mite ID

Similar taxa

Varroa mites are broader than long and have a separate anal shield and very large metapodal shields. Melittiphis have a well developed sternal keel.

Ecology and distribution

Tropilaelaps clareae Delfinado & Baker is a parasites of honeybees.

References

• Casanueva 1993Casanueva 1993:
  Casanueva ME. 1993. Phylogenetic studies of the free-living arthropod associated Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Gayana Zoologica 57: 21–46.
• Lekprayoon et al. 1994Lekprayoon et al. 1994:
  Lekprayoon, C., Wongsiri, S., Jayasvasti, S. and Leepitakrat, S. 1994. Survival of the parasitic honey bee mite Tropilaelaps clareae on adult Apis florea and Apis andreniformis workers. Proceeding IX International Congress of Acarology.