Acarapis mites of honey-bee, Apis mellifera in Iran

Abstract

Mossadegh, M.S. and Bahreini, R., 1994. Acarapis mites of honey-bee. Apis mellifera in [ran. Exp.Appl. Acarol. 18: 503-506.An extensive surc'ey of colonies of the honey-bee, Apis meltifera, was conducted from December 199 ! to February. 1993 for the presence of both internal and external Acarapis mites in 21 provinces of Iran. Ten apiaries from each province and 5 hives/apiau, were randomly selected for examination. A. woodi (R.) was found in 19 of the 139 apiaries sampled. The infested colonies were found in 7 of 21 provinces surveyed. Two external mites, A. dorsalis M. and A. externus M. were also found in honey-bee colonies in 8 provinces.

Parasites, pathogens, and pests of honeybees in Asia

“…It was also detected in Bhutan, Nepal, Hong Kong and Thailand; however, the honeybee host was not identified (Matheson 1993;Matheson 1995). Only in Iran has A. dorsalis and A. externus been reported, in this case parasitizing A. mellifera colonies (Mossadegh and Bahreini 1994).…”

“…The first report of A. woodi parasitizing honeybees in the region came from India (Michael 1957;Milne 1957). The species has since been observed parasitizing A. mellifera in Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria (Matheson 1993;Rashad et al 1985;Gerson et al 1994;Mossadegh and Bahreini 1994;Amr et al 1998;OIE 2004), and A. indica in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China . Recently, A. woodi was observed in dead bees from collapsing colonies of A. cerana japonica in Japan (Kojima et al 2011).…”

Catalogue of Mesostigmatid mites of Iran. Part 4: Parasitidae, Veigaiidae and Zerconidae

“…Two unidentified species of this genus were recorded from the Khuzestan province (31°19'22"N, 48°40'50"E, H: 16 m) in honey bee hives (Mosaddegh, 1997;Ostovan and Mosaddegh, 1999) and from soil from Tehran (35°42'2"N, 51°21'20"E, H: 1200 m) (Kamali et al, 2004). Jalaeian et al (2004) reported a species of this genus as Gamasodes sp.…”

“…Parasitus fimetorum (Berlese, 1903) Recorded in the provinces of Mazandaran (36°33'46"N, 53°3'15"E, H: 39 m), Semnan (35°15'17"N, 53°51'03"E, H: 1117 m) and Tehran (35°42'2"N, 51°21'20"E, H: 1200 m) from ash, buttonwood, chicken manure, decaying, honey bee hives, leaf compost, livestock manure and bird nests (Mosaddegh, 1997;; from soils in Ahwaz (31°19'22"N, 48°40'50"E, H: 16 m) (Baharloo et al, 2006), Kerman (30°16'39"N, 57°3'53"E, H: 1763 m) , Orumieh (37°32'59"N, 45°4'32"E, H: 1349 m) (Rezaie et al, 2011), and Deh-Bakri (Bam region) (29°06'N, 58°21'E, H: 1060 m) (Mehrzad et al, 2012); from Khorasan Razavi (36°18'4"N, 59°35'24"E, H: 989 m) on gladiole corms and saffron (Baradaran Anaraki et al, 2012); from Bojnourd (20°37'N, 50°57'E, H: 1210 m) in the soil of farms, gardens and manure . Parasitus hyalinus (Willmann, 1949) Recorded in Esfahan (32°39'37"N, 51°41'22"E, H: 1608 m), Semnan (35°15'17"N, 53°51'03"E, H: 1117 m) and Tehran provinces (35°42'2"N, 51°21'20"E, H: 1200 m) from alfalfa, a rat carcass, livestock manure, bird nests and pomegranates (Hatami, 1991; Modarres-Awal, 1997; ; from orchards in Esfahan (32°39'37"N, 51°41'22"E, H: 1608 m) (Jalaeian et al, 2006); West Azarbaijan province (37°32'59"N, 45°4'32"E, H: 1349 m), and in the Salmas region (Alizadeh and Shirdel, 2012); from soils in Jiroft (28°40'41"N, 57°44'26"E, H: 682 m) (Balooch-shahryari et al, 2012).…”

“…Parasitus mycophilus (Karg, 1971) Recorded from Fars (29°37'32"N, 52°31'8"E, H: 1810 m), Hamedan (34°45'24"N, 48°39'32"E, H: 1887 m) and Tehran (35°42'2"N, 51°21'20"E, H: 1200 m) on beans, rat carcasses, livestock, manure and stored onion ; from Hamedan (34°45'24"N, 48°39'32"E, H: 1887 m) on bean only (Khanjani and Kamali, 2000); from soil in Marvdasht, (Soleimani et al, 2011) (Mosaddegh, 1997;, Dezful (32°22'13"N, 48°25'15"E, H: 126 m), citrus (Malekzadeh et al, 2000); Zanjan (36°39'51"N, 48°29'8"E), soil (Rahmani and Zare, 2011) and from Larestan (35°44'24"N, 54°7'12"E, H: 1490 m), cotton and wheat fields (Khadempour et al, 2012).…”