Mites Database

Apiculture forms an essential and vital component of sustainable integrated rural development programme as it improves the economy of farmers by enhancing the productivity of agricultural crops and honey production. Despite its great potential, beekeeping industry is facing several constraints, which needs immediate attention.

About Family Laelapidae

This family is the most morphologically and ecologically diverse group of Mesostigmata. Thirty-five genera of laelapids have developed ectoparasitic associations with mammals; 10 genera are free-living predators in soil; 43 genera include species associated with arthropods

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Tropilaelaps