Number and position of wounds on honey bee (Apis mellifera) pupae infested with a single Varroa mite

Autor:	Ghazwan KANBAR, Wolf ENGELS
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	apis mellifera brood infestation haemolymph-sucking mite varroa destructor parasitic pupal wounds evolution of host-parasite relations Zoology QL1-991
Zdroj:	European Journal of Entomology, Vol 101, Iss 2, Pp 323-326 (2004)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1210-5759 1802-8829
DOI:	10.14411/eje.2004.041
Popis:	The wounds inflicted on pupae in capped brood cells of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, infested with a single female of the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, were investigated after visualisation by vital staining with trypan blue. On average the mites made two integumental perforations for feeding on prepupae and one on pupae. Most of the punctures were on particular ventral sites on the abdomen. Possible reasons for this pronounced preference and the evolutionary aspects of this highly specialised parasite-host relationship are discussed.
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