Ilyasov R.A., Takahashi J.I., Lee M.L., Proshchalykin M.YU., Lelej A.S., Kwon H.W., Danilenko V.N., Nikolenko A.G.
Пчеловодство 2021; (10): 24–27
Species of the genus Varroa are ectoparasitic mites of the Apis honeybees. V. underwoodi is still poorly studied unlike the well-known V. destructor and V. jacobsoni. According to foreign publications, the recognized distribution area of V. underwoodi in the A. cerana population includes Nepal, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, and China, with the exception of Russia. Although V. underwoodi was previously described on honey bees of the subspecies A. c. ussuriensis in the Primorye Territory of Russia, this fact is still little known due to the small number of publications in English. Since V. destructor and V. jacobsoni have the ability to easily switch to other bee species, there is a possibility that V. underwoodi may also later switch from Asian honey bees A. cerana to European honey bees A. mellifera.
