| T number | T07383 |
| Org_code | vde |
| Name | Varroa destructor (honeybee mite) |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 109461 |
| Lineage | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Arachnida; Acari; Parasitiformes; Mesostigmata; Gamasina; Dermanyssoidea; Varroidae; Varroa |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]
KEGG organisms: animals [BR:br08612] |
| Data source | RefSeq (Assembly: GCF_002443255.2 Scaffold)
BioProject: 413423 |
| Comment | Obligatory ectoparasites which feed on fat bodies of developing larvae/pupae and adult honey bees and reproduce in the brood.
Collected from A. mellifera colonies of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) experimental apiary in Japan (26.477 N 127.835 E) in August to September 2016.
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| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 10241
Number of RNA genes: 24
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| Created | 2021 |
| Reference | PMID: 31583288 |
| Authors | Techer MA, Rane RV, Grau ML, Roberts JMK, Sullivan ST, Liachko I, Childers AK, Evans JD, Mikheyev AS |
| Title | Divergent evolutionary trajectories following speciation in two ectoparasitic honey bee mites. |
| Journal | Commun Biol 2:357 (2019)
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0606-0 |
| Reference | PMID: 12446822 |
| Authors | Navajas M, Le Conte Y, Solignac M, Cros-Arteil S, Cornuet JM |
| Title | The complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the honeybee ectoparasite mite Varroa destructor (Acari: Mesostigmata). |
| Journal | Mol Biol Evol 19:2313-7 (2002)
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004055 |