The following files were retrieved from NCBI on 2023-18-10: https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/all/GCF/002/443/255/GCF_002443255.2_Vdes_3.0/GCF_002443255.2_Vdes_3.0_genomic.fna.gz Information about this dataset can be found here: https://i5k.nal.usda.gov/data/Arthropoda/vardes-%28Varroa_destructor%29/Vdes_3.0/ Information about the publications of this dataset can be found here: Not published, please follow Ft. Lauderdale/Toronto guidelines for data reuse