Infestation by Pyemotes tritici (Acari, Pyemotidae) causes death of stingless bee colonies (Hymenoptera: Meliponina)
| Autor: | G. S. Gazeta, W. E. Kerr, Cristiano Menezes, A. Coletto-Silva |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Beekeeping Organism Colony Stingless bee Zoology Parasite Transmission medicine.disease_cause Meliponinae parasitic diseases Infestation Botany Genetics medicine Animals Acari Melipona Natural Enemy Molecular Biology Pyemotidae Frieseomelitta Varia Stingless Bee integumentary system biology Pyemotes tritici Animal Brasil General Medicine Brood Parasite Bees biology.organism_classification Nonhuman Hymenoptera Tetragonisca Angustula Pyemotes Tritici Apiculture Brazil Tetragonisca angustula |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional do INPA Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) instacron:INPA |
| Popis: | We report the infestation of stingless bee nests by the mite Pyemotes tritici, which killed four colonies of Tetragonisca angustula and one colony of Frieseomelitta varia in Brazil. The first infected colony, a colony of T. angustula, came from an area between Uberlândia and Araguari, Minas Gerais. The transfer of the mites to the other colonies occurred through the transfer of infected combs and subsequent manipulations. Other colonies in the same meliponary, which had not been manipulated, were not infected. The infestation was terminated by isolating the dead colonies from the meliponary. ©FUNPEC-RP. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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