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

Joharchi, Omid; V. Stolbova, Victoria

doi:10.22073/pja.v13i3.85545

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

Document Type : Correspondence

Authors

Omid Joharchi ¹

Victoria V. Stolbova ²

¹ Agriculture Science and Technology Institute, Andong National University, Andong, Republic of Korea

² 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

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v13i3.85545

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Apis mellifera

gamasid mites

Tropilaelaps mercedesae

Tyumen region

Western Siberia

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