Varroa destructor

Translingual

Etymology

Varroa + English destructor. Coined by D. L. Anderson & J. W. H. Trueman in 2000, who showed that this species was distinct from Varroa jacobsoni. From being a destructive ectoparasite of European honey bees, able to wipe out colonies; a mite of the genus Varroa.

Proper noun

Varroa destructor f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Varroidae – varroa mite, a mite that parasitizes bees.

Hypernyms

• (species):; Mesostigmata – order; Dermanyssina – suborder; Dermanyssoidea – superfamily; Varroidae – family; Varroa – genus

References

• “Varroa destructor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Varroa destructor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Varroa destructor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Varroa destructor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons