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.

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