Observations on the honey bee tracheal mite Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae) using low-temperature scanning electron microscopy

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-249

  Ochoa, Ronald ^a   Pettis, Jeffery S ^a   Erbe, Eric ^a   Wergin, William P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarapis; Acari; Behavior; Locomotion; LT SEM; Morphology; Tracheal bee mite

Indexed keywords

MITE; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACARAPIS; ACARAPIS WOODI; ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; TARSONEMIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TRACHEA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITES; TEMPERATURE; TRACHEA;

EID: 17244365130     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-004-5080-8     Document Type: Article

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