Varroa destructor (Adult male) (5048696928)
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Description: An adult male of Varroa destructor, a mite parasiting the domestic bee (honeybee - Apis mellifera). Frontal view. Scale : mite width = 0.8 mm Technical settings : - focus stack of 41 images - microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) on 100 mm extension tubes + adapter With thanks to Christoph Bosch and Bettina Ziegelmann for ID advice. Date: 3 October 2010, 22:44. Source: Varroa destructor (Adult male) Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Chelicerata (chelicerates)
- Arachnida (arachnids)
- Acari (mites)
- Parasitiformes (parasitiform)
- Mesostigmata (mesostigmatan mites)
- Monogynaspida
- Gamasina
- Dermanyssiae
- Dermanyssoidea
- Varroidae
- Varroa
- Varroa destructor (Varroa Honey Bee Mite)
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