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Varroa underwoodi
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 V. underwoodi has been found on multiple bee species in Southern Asia, though has only been found on the Asian honey bee in China. The smallest sized V. underwoodi was collected from Papua New Guinea from western honey bee hives.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1658124.