THE FIRST DOCUMENTED RECORD OF AEROGLYPHUS PEREGRINANS (BERLESE, 1892) (ACARIDIA, AEROGLYPHIDAE) IN THE HIVES OF HONEY BEES (APIS MELLIFERA) IN UKRAINE
Journal: Visnyk of Lviv University Biological series
Year: 2018

Studying of mite communities in hives of Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 in Zhytomyr region revealed Aeroglyphus peregrinans (Berlese, 1892) mites. Feeding stages of this species most frequently disperse on large carpenter bees, rarely on bumble bees, or honey bees. This is the first documented finding of A . peregrinans in beehives in Ukraine [2]. The record of A. peregrinans most close to Zhytomyr region was from the nature reserve “Mys Martian”, Crimea. There this species were observed on Xyloc