Abou Senna F M
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 1997 Dec;27(3):667-80.
Five species of mites, belonging to different families, were found infesting honeybee workers, Apis mellifera L., in different apiaries in Al-Gharbiya Governorate, Nile Delta. All the identified species except Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans (Varroidae) are new records for the phoretic bee mites in Egypt. These are Neocypholaelaps indica Evans (Ameroseiidae), Pediculochelus raulti Lavoipiere (Pediculochelidae), Tarsonemus indoapis Lindquist (Tarsonemidae) and Chaetodactylus osmiae (dufour) (Chaetodactylidae). The host parasite relationship was discussed. A brief diagnosis with diagrammatic illustrations is given.
在尼罗河三角洲西部省的不同养蜂场中，发现了五种属于不同科的螨类寄生于意大利蜜蜂（Apis mellifera L.）的工蜂。除雅氏瓦螨（Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans，瓦螨科）外，所有已鉴定出的物种都是埃及蜜蜂体表携带螨类的新记录。这些螨类分别是印度新曲厉螨（Neocypholaelaps indica Evans，美绥螨科）、劳氏螯虱螨（Pediculochelus raulti Lavoipiere，螯虱螨科）、印度蜂跗线螨（Tarsonemus indoapis Lindquist，跗线螨科）和红切叶蜂指螨（Chaetodactylus osmiae (dufour)，切叶蜂指螨科）。文中讨论了宿主与寄生虫的关系，并给出了带有图解说明的简要诊断。
