Mesostigmata

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Taxonomy

updated 2025

Diagnostic characters

• Laelapidae associated with Apis with dense idiosomal 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, 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.