Mesostigmata

Taxonomy

updated 2025

Name

Melittiphis Berlese

Classification

Superorder Parasitiformes » Order Mesostigmata » Suborder Monogynaspida » Infraorder Gamasina » Hyporder Dermanyssiae » Superfamily Dermanyssoidea » Family Laelapidae » Genus Melittiphis

Diagnostic characters

Hypertrichous associates of honeybees with a sternal keel and a bullet-shaped ventrianal shield

More about Melittiphis on Bee Mite ID

Ecology and distribution

Pollen thieves in honeybee hives.

References

Casanueva 1993Casanueva 1993:
Casanueva ME. 1993. Phylogenetic studies of the free-living arthropod associated Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Gayana Zoologica 57: 21–46.
Evans and Till 1966Evans and Till 1966:
Evans GO, Till WM. 1966. Studies on the British Dermanyssidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Part II. Classification. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 14: 107–370.

Melittiphis from Colombia	Sternal keel
Keel and sternal shield, Melittiphis

Melittiphis