Varroa

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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

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
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