Obligatory ectoparasites which feed on fat bodies of developing larvae/pupae and adult honey bees and reproduce in the brood.
Collected from A. mellifera colonies of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) experimental apiary in Japan (26.477 N 127.835 E) in August to September 2016.
Statistics
Number of protein genes: 10241
Number of RNA genes: 24