Tropilaelaps mercedesae
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Tropilaelaps mercedesae - female (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Ken Walker, Museum Victoria
Source: PaDIL
Author(s): Ken Walker, Museum Victoria
Source: PaDIL
Tropilaelaps mercedesae Anderson & Morgan, 2007
The mite is similar to, and often confused with Tropilaelaps clareae. It parasitizes honeybee broods in Asia and can cause brood mortality and colony decline. The mites are much smaller than varroa mites but have a higher reproductive rate and shorter life cycle and can outcompete varroa mites.
- Other images of Tropilaelaps mercedesae (PaDIL - click to enlarge)
male
chelicerae of male
spermatodactyl
legs of female
epigynial plate of female
epigynial plate of male
