Mesostigmatan Mites

Varroa destructor mites with matchstick for scaleVarroa destructor on Wikimedia Commons

Figures 1–4.1 Female sternal shield 2 Female anal shield 3 Female genitoventral shield 4 Female chelicerae.

Figures 1–8.Laelaspis dariusi Joharchi and Jalaeian sp. n., female. 1 Dorsal shield 2 Ventral idiosoma 3 Seta Z5 enlarged 4 Dorsal shield seta s3 5 Hypostome 6 Epistome 7 Tritosternum 8 Chelicera.

Two Varroa destructor mites on a Western Honeybee droneVarroa mites on honeybee on Wikimedia Commons

Figure 13.Peritreme.

Varroa destructor (parasitic mite) on honeybee hostVarroa destructor on Wikimedia Commons

Figure 14.Line drawing of dny dorsum.

Figure 15.Line drawing of dny venter.

Figure 16.Anterior dorsum.

Figure 17.Posterior dorsum.

Figure 18.Gnathosoma.

Figure 19.Chelicerae.

Figure 20.Ventral shield.

Figure 21.Anal shield.

Figure 22.Peritreme.

Figure 5.Line drawing of ♀ dorsum.

Figure 6.Line drawing of ♀ venter.

Figure 7.Anterior dorsum.

Figure 8.Posterior dorsum.

Figure 9.Ventral gnathosoma.

Figure 10.Sternal shield.

Figure 11.Genitoventral shield.

Figure 12.Anal shield.