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Mercedes Delfinado wrote in 1963:
Having first been found in 1960 in an apiary in Batangas Province in the Philippines. It was described by Delfinado and Baker as Tropilaelaps clareae in 1961. It was found attached to adult bees, as well as to larvae and pupae. It was observed by Sevilla in 1962 attacking pupae, those which survived having damaged wings as adults. The Philippine bee host is Apis mellifera.
An 2018 article coauthored by Ramsey and VanEnglesdorp states:
Unlike Varroa there is no evidence that they feed on adults, with the morphology of their mouthparts and body shape apparently restricting their feeding to brood exclusively. They are further distinguished from Varroa by their smaller size, shorter duration of their phoretic phase, characteristically rapid locomotion, faster reproductive rate, and their ability to mate outside of brood cells.
More recently the following appeared in Nature Communications (Published 25 January 2024):
Tropilaelaps mercedesae, a mite that only feeds on brood and has a strongly reduced dispersal stage. The dispersal stage of Tropilaelaps spp. lasts only about 1.3 days and does not involve feeding on adult hosts. Instead, they might feed on unsealed larvae because their mouthparts and body shape are not suitable for feeding on adult bees.
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