Skip to main content

Varroa destructor

Profile

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari varroidae Honey bee parasite mite AG Honey Bees

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. acrinathrin
  2. amitraz (#2)
  3. coumaphos
  4. flumethrin
  5. fluvalinate
  6. tau-fluvalinate

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 Kamler, M., Nesvorna, M., Stara, J., Erban, T., and Hubert, J. (2016). Comparison of tau-fluvalinate, acrinathrin, and amitraz effects on susceptible and resistant populations of Varroa destructor in a vial test. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 69 1-9.
2 Mitton, G. A., Quintana, S., Giménez Martínez, P., Mendoza Y., Ramallo, G., Brasesco, C., Villalba, A., Eguaras, M., Maggi, M. D., and Ruffinengo, R. S. (2016). First record of resistance to flumethrin in a varroa population from Uruguay. Journal of Apicultural Research, 55 422-427.
3 Maggi, M.D., Ruffinengo S. R., Damiani, N., Sardella, N. H., and, Eguaras M. J. (2009). First detection of Varroa destructor resistance to coumaphos in Argentina. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 47 317–320.
4 Maggi, M. D., Ruffinengo, S. R., and Eguaras, M. J. (2010). Resistance phenomena to amitraz from populations of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor of Argentina. Parasitology Research, 107 1189–1192.
5 Thomson, H. M., Brown, M. A., Ball, R. F., and Bew, M. H. (2002). First report of Varroa destructor resistance to pyrethroids in the UK. Apidologie, 33 357–366.

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 12865 -- Czech Republic/ Czechia -- Kyvalka -- 4
2 12866 -- Czech Republic/ Czechia -- Kyvalka -- 4
3 12867 -- Czech Republic/ Czechia -- Kyvalka -- 4
4 12868 -- Uruguay -- San José -- 4
5 12869 -- Argentina -- Entre Ríos -- 4
6 12870 -- Argentina -- Mar del Plata -- 4
7 12871 -- United Kingdom -- Devon -- 4

Other Reference

Google Search for Varroa destructor