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Bee Mites

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I've recently been in a conversation with someone on mites that live on bees. Since the previous link I had to an article that listed 170 kinds of mites that live on bees, (O. F. Grobov (1985): Additional data on the acarine fauna in some Hymenoptera; p. 90. [Ru. Date: 8.IV.1985]. – In: BALASHOV, Yu. S. (ed.). The 5th All-Union Acarological Workshop (Frunze, May 1985). Abstracts. Frunze (Ilim) ) is now broken, I decided to try to compile my own list based on what I can find online. These mites are not necessarily good or bad for bees. But they are part of the ecology of the colony.

Click here for pictures of more than 150 kinds of bee mites.

Click here for a list of bee mites.

My current count is at least 751 species of mites that live on bees. If you discover more, feel free to email me. These are all found in bee colonies but are not all obligate parasites of honey bees. Many are found in other places or on other bees as well. Here is my current list.

Acarapis dorsalis
Acarapis externus
Acarapis vagans
Acarapis woodi
Acaropsella sp.
Acaropsellina sollers
Acarus chaetoxysilos
Acarus farris
Acarus gracilis
Acarus immobilis
Acarus siro
Acarus tyrophagoides
Achaetodactylus ceratinae
Achaetodactylus decellei
Achaetodactylus leleupi
Acotyledon paradoxa
Aeroglyphus peregrinans
Aeroglyphus robustus
Afrocypholaelaps africana
Afrocypholaelaps analicullus
Afrocypholaelaps lindquisti
Aleuroglyphus ovatus
Aleuroglyphus siculus
Alliphis halleri
Alliphis siculus
Allothrombium fuliginosum
Amblydromella kettaneh
Amblyseius marginatus
Ameroseius bembix ealensis
Ameroseius benoiti
Ameroseius lehtineni
Ameroseius norvegicus
Ameroseius plumigerus
Ameroseius plumosus
Ameroseius renatae
Amnemochthonius taeniophoru
Androlaelaps bayoumi
Androlaelaps casalis
Androlaelaps fahrenholzi
Androlaelaps myrmecophila
Anoetus alicola
Anoetus debilis
Anoetus dionychus
Anoetus eickworti
Anoetus halicticola
Anoetus halictonida
Anoetus kaszabi
Anoetus ligulotrichus
Anoetus orientalis
Anoetus szelenyii
Anoetus tunisiensis
Anoetus vexarus
Antennoseius spp.
Anystis spp.
Astigmata gen. sp.
Arctoseius cetratus
Armascirus taurus
Bak furcatus
Bakerdania amplus
Bakerdania heisseli
Bakerdania janetscheki
Bakerdania littoralis
Bakerdania mycophila
Bakerdania palustris
Bakerdania racki
Bakerdania taymyrica
Bdella iconica
Bdellidae spp.
Bdellodes lapidaria
Birsteinius clavatus
Bisternalis camargoi
Bisternalis formosus
Bisternalis mexicanus
Bisternalis rettenmeyeri
Bisternalis trigonarum
Blattisocius apis
Blattisocius apisassociae
Blattisocius dentriticus
Blattisocius keegani
Blattisocius mali
Blattisocius pantagiorum
Blattisocius tarsalis
Blomia nr. freemani
Bryobia rubrioculus
Camisia spinifer
Carabodes minusculus
Carpoglyphus lactis
Carpoglyphus munroi
Celaenosthanus trigonophilus
Cenopalpus sp.
Centriacarus guahibo
Centriacarus turbator
Ceratozetes sp. nr. longispina
Cerophagopsis skorikovi
Cerophagopsis furcata
Cerophagopsis heriades
Cerophagopsis skorikovi
Cerophagopsis trigona
Cerophagus granulatus
Cerophagus nearcticus
Chaetodactylus abditus
Chaetodactylus anthidii
Chaetodactylus antillarum
Chaetodactylus azteca
Chaetodactylus birulai
Chaetodactylus chrysidis
Chaetodactylus claudus
Chaetodactylus claviger
Chaetodactylus dalyi
Chaetodactylus dementjevi
Chaetodactylus furunculus
Chaetodactylus gibbosi
Chaetodactylus hirashimai
Chaetodactylus hopliti
Chaetodactylus kouboy
Chaetodactylus krombeini
Chaetodactylus lassulus
Chaetodactylus lithurgi
Chaetodactylus ludwigi
Chaetodactylus melitomae
Chaetodactylus micheneri
Chaetodactylus nipponicus
Chaetodactylus osmiae
Chaetodactylus reaumuri
Chaetodactylus rozeni
Chaetodactylus zachvatkini
Cecidophyopsis ribis
Chelacheles temoak
Cheletomimus bregetovae
Cheletomorpha lepidopterorum
Cheletophyes torridae
Cheletophyes venator
Cheletophyes vespae
Cheletophyes vitzthumi
Cheletophyes apicola
Cheletophyes clavipilis
Cheletophyes decorus
Cheletophyes eckerti
Cheletophyes indiacus
Cheletophyes mbomba
Cheletophyes occisor
Cheletophyes panamensis
Cheletophyes torridae
Cheletophyes venator
Cheletophyes vespae
Cheletophyes vitzthumi
Cheyletus carnifex
Cheyletus eruditus
Cheyletus malaccensis
Chortoglyphus arcuatus
Corynobates clavisetus
Cosmoglyphus oudemansi
Cosmolaelaps vacuus
Crossacarapis eickworti
Ctenoglyphus plumiger
Ctenocolletacarus brevirostris
Ctenocolletacarus grandior
Ctenocolletacarus longirostris
Cunaxa lukoschusi
Cyrtolaelaps mucronatus
Delfinado sp
Dendroptus sp.
Dermacentor variabilis
Dermanyssus gallinae
Dermatophagoides farinae
Dermatophagoides pteronyssinu
Diadasiopus alexanderi
Diadasiopus eickworti
Diamesoglyphus intermedius
Diapterobates humeralis
Dinogamasus acutus
Dinogamasus affinis
Dinogamasus albulus
Dinogamasus alfkeni
Dinogamasus amaniensis
Dinogamasus assimiensis
Dinogamasus bakeri
Dinogamasus bequaerti
Dinogamasus braunsi
Dinogamasus brevihirtus
Dinogamasus brevipes
Dinogamasus collarti
Dinogamasus concinnus
Dinogamasus crassipes
Dinogamasus heteraspis
Dinogamasus inflatus
Dinogamasus jacobsoni
Dinogamasus kerrianus
Dinogamasus kordofaniensis
Dinogamasus levequae
Dinogamasus macgregori
Dinogamasus maxima
Dinogamasus minor
Dinogamasus northolmensis
Dinogamasus occidentalis
Dinogamasus octoconus
Dinogamasus oudemansi
Dinogamasus parvus
Dinogamasus perkinsi
Dinogamasus philippinensis
Dinogamasus piperi
Dinogamasus productus
Dinogamasus ramaleyi
Dinogamasus similis
Dinogamasus sternisetosa
Dinogamasus tonkinensis
Dinogamasus tortivus
Dinogamasus trihirtus
Dinogamasus villosior
Dinychus sp.
Discourella cordieri
Ereynetes ampiectorus
Erotylocoptes anthophora
Eucheyletia bakeri
Eucheyletia flabellifera
Eugamasus sp.
Eumellitiphis inouei
Eumellitiphis mellitus
Eumellitiphis philippinensis
Euryparasitus medius
Euvarroa sinhai
Euvarroa wongsirii
Eohypochthonius vermicularis
Epicroseius tanganicu
Epidamaeus kamaensis
Ereynetes meliponae
Ereynetes boharti
Eriophyes litchii
Eriophyes tiliae
Erythracarus parietinus
Erythraeidae sp.
Eulaelaps stabularis
Euvarroa sinhai
Euzetidae gen. sp.
Eviphis spp.
Forcellinia faini
Forcellinia galleriella
Fundiseius timagami
Funkotriplogynium irapora
Gaudiella camargoi
Gaudiella minuta
Galumna microfissum
Gamasellodes bicolor
Gamasiphis sp.
Glycycometus combus
Glycycometus geniculatus
Glycycometus malaysiensis
Glycycometus molitor
Glycycometus rwandae
Glycycometus thailandicus
Glycycometus orientalis
Glycyphagus domesticus
Glycyphagus ornatus
Glycyphagus privatus
Glycyphagus destructor
Glycyphagus fustifer
Glycyphagus michaeli
Glyphanoetus destructor
Glyphanoetus domesticus
Glyphanoetus nomiesis
Glyptholaspis americana
Glyptholaspis asperrima
Glyptholaspis pontina
Gohieria fusca
Haemogamasus mandschuricus
Haemogamasus nidi
Haemogamasus nidiformis
Haemogamasus pontiger
Haemaphysalis concinna
Halictacarus halicti
Halictacarus indicus
Halictacarus orientalis
Halictacarus zakhvatkini
Halolaelaps saproincisus
Hattena cometis
Hattena dalyi
Hattena ewae
Hattena panopia
Hattena rhizophorae
Hattena tonganus
Hirstionyssus sp.
Histiogaster bacchus
Histiostoma feroniarum
Histiostoma inquilinus
Histiostoma conclavicola
Histiostoma feroniarum
Histiostoma heriades
Histiostoma inquilinus
Histiostoma polypori
Holoparasitus sp.
Holostaspella pulchella
Horstia virginica
Horstia allaeri
Horstia amplisucta
Horstia armata
Horstia brasiliensis
Horstia glabra
Horstia gibba
Horstia helenae
Horstia major
Horstia malaysiensis
Horstia minor
Horstia monstruosa
Horstia ornata
Horstia pulcherrima
Horstia rwandae
Horstia splendidissima
Horstia tanzaniensis
Horstia trifilis
Horstia virginica
Horstiella armata
Horstiella concentrica
Horstiella megamyzidos
Horstiella mourei
Horstiella quadrata
Horstiella snellingi
Horstiella variabilis
Hunteria brasiliensis
Hyalomma sp
Hypoaspis alphabetica
Hypoaspis asperatus
Hypoaspis favosa
Hypoaspis heselhausi
Hypoaspis hoffmannae
Hypoaspis lubrica
Hypoaspis meliponarum
Imparipes apidophilus
Imparipes apicola
Imparipes breganti
Imparipes dispar
Imparipes eickworti
Imparipes floridensis
Imparipes haeseleri
Imparipes ithacensis
Imparipes mexicanus
Imparipes neotropicus
Imparipes paulyi
Imparipes parapicola
Imparipes rafalskii
Imparipes texanus
Imparipes vulgaris
Insensilla duplicis
Insensilla lasioglossi
Ixodes sp
Kerdabania quadrata
Kuzinia affinis
Kuzinia americana
Kuzinia dispar
Kuzinia evae
Kuzinia laevis
Kuzinia nova
Kuzinia woykei
Kuzinia laevis
Laelaps algericus
Laelaspoides ordwayae
Lasioacarus morsei
Lasioacarus nidicolus
Lasioseius berlesei
Lasioseius floridensis
Lasioseius furcisetus
Lasioseius krantzi
Lasioseius penicilliger
Leptus ariel
Leptus monteithi
Leptus treati
Locustacarus buchneri
Lohmannia ribagai
Lophuromyopus sp.
Macrocheles caucasicus
Macrocheles decoloratus
Macrocheles dispar
Macrocheles glaber
Macrocheles hallidayi
Macrocheles kraepelini
Macrocheles limue
Macrocheles mammifer
Macrocheles martius
Macrocheles muscaedomesticae
Macrocheles nataliae
Macrocheles nidus
Macrocheles penicilliger
Macrocheles praedafimetorum
Macrocheles rotundiscutis
Macronyssidae sp.
Medeus ithacaensis
Medeus vesparius
Megachilopus uellensis
Melichares agilis
Melissotydeus macrosolenus
Melittiphis alvearius
Meliponapachys pallidus
Meliponaspis debilipes
Meliponopus palpifer
Meliponocoptes nidicolus
Meliponocoptes orphanus
Meliponocoptes scutatus
Meliponoecius flechtmanni
Melittiphis alvearius
Melittiphisoides apiarium
Micreremus brevipes
Microgyniidae sp
Minguezetes hexagonus
Myianoetus setipes
Nanacarus minutus
Nanacarus nominis
Nasutiscutacarus ampliatus
Nasutiscutacarus anthrenae
Nenteria breviunguiculata
Nenteria eulaelaptis
Nenteria postneri
Nenteria stlylifera
Neognathus nr. eupalopus
Neoacotyledon rhizoglyphoides
Neophyllobius sp.
Neocypholaelaps ampullula
Neocypholaelaps apicola
Neocypholaelaps breviperitremata
Neocypholaelaps cocos
Neocypholaelaps crocisae
Neocypholaelaps favus
Neocypholaelaps indica
Neocypholaelaps leopoldi
Neocypholaelaps nova
Neocypholaelaps novaehollandiae
Neocypholaelaps phooni
Neocypholaelaps stridulans
Neocypholaelaps varipilosa
Neocypholaelaps xylocopae
Neohypoaspis ampliseta
Neohorstia mamillata
Neopodocinum halimunense
Neoseiulus barkeri
Neoseiulus cucumeris
Neoseiulus swarti
Neotrombidium sp.
Nodele conquistador
Oplitis meliponarum
Oplitis minutissima
Oppia concolor
Oppia nitens
Oppia unicarinata
Parapygmephorus aestivus
Parapygmephorus costaricanus
Parapygmephorus crossi
Parapygmephorus delyorum
Parapygmephorus halictinis
Parapygmephorus khorasanicus
Parapygmephorus luxtoni
Parapygmephorus magnisetosus
Parapygmephorus natalensis
Parapygmephorus pappi
Paraleius leontonychus
Paralorryia sp.
Paralycus raulti
Parascutacarus indicus
Parasitellus arcticus
Parasitellus crinitus
Parasitellus fucorum
Parasitellus hobbsi
Parasitellus ignotus
Parasitellus inquilinobombus
Parasitellus jamalensis
Parasitellus netskyi
Parasitellus papei
Parasitellus perthecatus
Parasitellus talparum
Parasitus beta
Parasitus coleoptratorum
Parasitus consanguineus
Parasitus fimetorum
Parasitus loricatus
Partamonacoptes brasiliensis
Pelokylla malabarica
Peloribates europaeus
Peloribates rangiroaensis
Pergamasus crassipes
Pergamasus diversus
Phthiracarus italicus
Physalozercon raffray
Platynothrus peltifer
Platyglyphus malayanu
Pneumolaelaps aequalipilus
Pneumolaelaps bombicolens
Pneumolaelaps breviseta
Pneumolaelaps cf. patae
Pneumolaelaps colomboi
Pneumolaelaps connieae
Pneumolaelaps costai
Pneumolaelaps fuscicolens
Pneumolaelaps groenlandicus
Pneumolaelaps hyatti
Pneumolaelaps longanalis
Pneumolaelaps longipilus
Pneumolaelaps machadoi
Pneumolaelaps marginepilosus
Pneumolaelaps minutissima
Pneumolaelaps mistipilus
Pneumolaelaps nr. richardsi
Pneumolaelaps patae
Pneumolaelaps qinghaiensis
Pneumolaelaps richardsi
Pneumolaelaps sinhai
Poecilochirus necrophori
Poecilochirus subterraneus
Polyaspis sp.
Proctolaelaps bickleyi
Proctolaelaps bombophilus
Proctolaelaps longanalis
Proctolaelaps longistosus
Proctolaelaps ornatus
Proctolaelaps pygmaeus
Proctolaelaps scolyti
Proctolaelaps sibiriensis
Proctotydaeus alvearii
Proctotydaeus partamonae
Proctotydaeus schistocercae
Proctotydaeus therapeutikos
Pronematus sp.
Proprioseiopsis okanagensis
Pseudacarapis indoapis
Pseudacarapis trispicula
Pseuduropoda sp.
Pulaeus rimandoi
Pyemotes anobii
Pyemotes beckeri
Pyemotes herfsi
Pyemotes tritici
Pyemotes ventricosus
Pygmephoridae gen. sp.
Pygmephorus spinosus
Punctoribates sp.
Raymentia anomaia
Raymentia eickwortiana
Raymentia walkeriana
Rhinopygmephorus rhopalomelissae
Rhizoglyphus robini
Rhodacarus sp.
Roubikia imberba
Roubikia imberba
Roubikia latebrosa
Roubikia officiosa
Roubikia panamensis
Sancassania brevirostris
Sancassania boharti
Sancassania grandior
Sancassania longirostris
Sancassania polyphyllae
Sancassania rodionovi
Sancassania sphaerogaster
Saproglyphus hagensis
Saproglyphus negiectus
Saproglyphus reticulatus
Schulzea caucasica
Schulzea pamirensis
Schwiebea tshernyshevi
Scutacarus acarorum
Sennertia aldeodadi
Sennertia alfkeni
Sennertia americana
Sennertia antarctica
Sennertia argentina
Sennertia augustii
Sennertia basilewskyi
Sennertia benoiti
Sennertia bifida
Sennertia bifilis
Sennertia caffra
Sennertia cantabrica
Sennertia capensis
Sennertia cerambycina
Sennertia ceratinarum
Sennertia congoicola
Sennertia dalyi
Sennertia dalyi nilotica
Sennertia delfinadoae
Sennertia devincta
Sennertia dissimilis
Sennertia donaldi
Sennertia duweinii
Sennertia egyptiaca
Sennertia elseni
Sennertia faini
Sennertia flabellifera
Sennertia frontalis
Sennertia gargantua
Sennertia greeni
Sennertia haustrifera
Sennertia herminae
Sennertia hipposideros
Sennertia horrida
Sennertia hurdi
Sennertia ignota
Sennertia indica
Sennertia jeanalexi
Sennertia koptorthosomae
Sennertia latipilis
Sennertia lauta
Sennertia leclercqi
Sennertia leei
Sennertia longipilis
Sennertia loricata
Sennertia leucothorae
Sennertia lucrosa
Sennertia madagascarensis
Sennertia mesotrichia
Sennertia micheli
Sennertia monicae
Sennertia morstatti
Sennertia oudemansi
Sennertia perturbans
Sennertia pirata
Sennertia potanini
Sennertia queenslandica
Sennertia ratiocinator
Sennertia recondita
Sennertia robusta
Sennertia roepkei
Sennertia sayutara
Sennertia scutata
Sennertia segnis
Sennertia shimanukii
Sennertia simplex
Sennertia sodalis
Sennertia spinifera
Sennertia splendidulae
Sennertia spp. Kumar
Sennertia sumatrensis
Sennertia surnamensis
Sennertia tanythrix
Sennertia tunisiana
Sennertia vaga
Sennertia vanderhammeni
Sennertia varicosa
Sennertia vitzthumi
Sennertia zhelochovtsevi
Sennertionyx manicati
Sertitympanum aegyptiacus
Scheloribates labyrinthicus
Scheloribates laevigatus
Scheloribates latipes
Scheloribates pallidulus
Scheloribates zealandicus
Scutacarus acarorum
Scutacarus deserticolus
Scutacarus eickworti
Scutacarus mendax
Scutacarus occultatu
Shulzea caucasica
Spadiseius spathiphyllae
Stevelus amiculus
Stigmatolaelaps greeni
Stigmatolaelaps hunteri
Stigmatolaelaps sumatrensis
Storchia sp.
Stratiolaelaps miles
Suidasia pontifica
Tarsonemus aegualis
Tarsonemus apis
Tarsonemus blakemorei
Tarsonemus fusarii
Tarsonemus minimax
Tarsonemus platynopodae
Tarsonemus xylocopae
Tegoribates latirostris
Tetranychidae gen. spp.
Tetranychus urticae
Thectochloracarus neotropicalis
Thyreophagus corticalis
Thyreophagus entomophagus
Thyreophagus odyneri
Tortonia dogaressa
Tortonia fluctuata
Tortonia intermedia
Tortonia quadridens
Tortonia smitsvanburgsti
Tortonia volfi
Trachytes aegrota
Trematura bassusi
Trhypochthonius tectorum
Trichoribates trimaculatus
Trichouropoda parasítica
Trichouropoda stercoraria
Trigonholaspis amaltheae
Trigonholaspis columbiana
Trigonholaspis salti
Trigonholaspis trigonarum
Trochometridium iranicum
Trochometridium tribulatum
Trichosociata peritrematalis
Trombiculidae sp.
Trombidium holosericum
Trimalaconothrus foveolatus
Tropilaelaps clareae
Tropilaelaps koenigerum
Tropilaelaps mercedesae
Tropilaelaps thaii
Tydeidae gen. sp.
Tydeus interruptus
Tydeus xylocopae
Typhlodromus bakeri
Typhlodromus diumbokus
Tyroborus sp.
Tyrolichus casei
Tyrophagus curvipenis
Tyrophagus debrivorus
Tyrophagus longior
Tyrophagus mixtus
Tyrophagus perniciosus
Tyrophagus putrescentiae
Tyrophagus savasi
Tyrophagus similis
Tyrophagus tropicus
Tyrophagus vanheurni
Uroactinia centroamericana
Urodiaspis tecta
Uroobovella marginata
Uropoda orbicularis
Uropoda minima
Uropodidae sp.
Uropodina sp.
Uroseius acuminatus
Uroseius jaba
Uroseius hunzikeri
Urozercon angustatus
Urozercon melittophilus
Varroa destructor
Varroa jacobsoni
Varroa rindereri
Varroa underwoodi
Veigaia kochi
Veigaia nemorensis
Vidia bomborum
Vidia hirsuta
Vidia latimanus
Vidia lineata
Vidia rubi
Vidia texana
Vidia undulata
Vidia texana
Vidia undulata
Vulgarogamasus cornutosimilis
Vulgarogamasus kraepelini
Vulgarogamasus pollinerus
Winterschmidtiidae gen. n.
Xenoryctes krameri
Xylocolaelaps burgetti
Zerconidae sp.
Zontia meliponensis
Zygoribatula frisiae
Zygoribatula propinqua
Zygoribatula undulata

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