| Varroa underwoodi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Family: | Varroidae |
| Genus: | Varroa |
| Species: | V. underwoodi
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| Binomial name | |
| Varroa underwoodi Delfinado-Baker and Aggarwal 1987[1]
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Varroa underwoodi is a mite that feeds on honey bees. It is an external parasite of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), Asian honey bee (A. cerana), A. nigrocincta, and A. nuluensis[2][3] V. underwoodi has been found on multiple bee species in Southern Asia, though has only been found on the Asian honey bee in China.[4][3] The smallest sized V. underwoodi was collected from Papua New Guinea from western honey bee hives.[3]
- ^ Delfinado-Baker, M.; Aggarwal, K. (December 1987). "A new Varroa (Acari: Varroidae) from the nest of Apis cerana (Apidae)". International Journal of Acarology. 13 (4): 233–237. Bibcode:1987IJAca..13..233D. doi:10.1080/01647958708683777.
- ^ Chantawannakul, Panuwan; de Guzman, Lilia I.; Li, Jilian; Williams, Geoffrey R. (May 2016). "Parasites, pathogens, and pests of honeybees in Asia". Apidologie. 47 (3): 301–324. doi:10.1007/s13592-015-0407-5.
- ^ a b c de Guzman, Lilia I.; Rinderer, Thomas E. (1999). "Identification and comparison of Varroa species infesting honey bees". Apidologie. 30 (2–3): 85–95. doi:10.1051/apido:19990201.
- ^ Fanelli, Angela; Tizzani, Paolo (August 2020). "Spatial and temporal analysis of varroosis from 2005 to 2018". Research in Veterinary Science. 131: 215–221. doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2020.04.017.