Zaki, A., Allam, S., Mourad, A., Mesbah, H., Aly, A. (2021). Comparison between morphological characters and ultrastructure of Varroa mite from Egypt and Libya. test, 15(1), 45-54. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2021.240500
Ayman Y. Zaki; Sally F. Allam; Ahmed K. Mourad; Hassan A. Mesbah; Abdel Latif S. Aly. "Comparison between morphological characters and ultrastructure of Varroa mite from Egypt and Libya". test, 15, 1, 2021, 45-54. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2021.240500
Zaki, A., Allam, S., Mourad, A., Mesbah, H., Aly, A. (2021). 'Comparison between morphological characters and ultrastructure of Varroa mite from Egypt and Libya', test, 15(1), pp. 45-54. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2021.240500
Zaki, A., Allam, S., Mourad, A., Mesbah, H., Aly, A. Comparison between morphological characters and ultrastructure of Varroa mite from Egypt and Libya. test, 2021; 15(1): 45-54. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2021.240500

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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