Comparison between morphological characters and ultrastructure of Varroa mite from Egypt and Libya | ||
Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||
Article 4, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 45-54 PDF (953.71 K) | ||
Document Type: Original research articles | ||
DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2021.240500 | ||
Authors | ||
Ayman Y. Zaki* 1; Sally F. Allam2; Ahmed K. Mourad3; Hassan A. Mesbah3; Abdel Latif S. Aly4 | ||
1Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
2Dept of Agricutural Zoology and Nematology .. Cairo Univ., Egypt | ||
3Plant Protection Research Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Saba Basha, Alexandria University, 2531, Bolkley, Alexandria, Egypt | ||
4Plant Protection Research Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Saba Basha, Alexandria University, 2531, Bolkley, Alexandria, Egypt. | ||
Abstract | ||
Specimens of Varroa mite, Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman were collected from Egypt and Libya to compare their morphological and morphometric characters. Females were examined using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Our morphological measurements showed that there were a lot of differences between samples of Egypt and Libya. Only two morphological characters showed significant differences among the two locations specimens’ (i.e. anal plate length, anal plate length/ anal plate width (ratio III) and formula of palpal chaetotaxy).These results may be due to geographical locations between Egypt and Libya. We consider samples of Egypt and Libya as morphotypes | ||
Keywords | ||
Varroa mite; morphology; morphometric characters; Egypt; Libya | ||
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