Varroa

See also: varroa

Translingual

Varroa destructor (female) on the head of a bee nymph

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin Varro (“a surname”), after the Roman scholar and writer Marcus Terentius Varro, who also kept bees, +‎ -a

Proper noun

Varroa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Varroidae – certain mites parasitic on honeybees.

Synonyms

• (genus): Euvarroa (synonymy disputed)

Hyponyms

• (genus): Varroa destructor, Varroa jacobsoni, Varroa rindereri, Varroa sinhai, Varroa underwoodi, Varroa wongsirii (species)

References

• Varroa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Varroa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Varroa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Varroa at Encyclopedia of Life