Pathogens Detection in the Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae))

FERNANDEZ DE LANDA, GREGORIO; PORRINI, M P; REVAINERA, P; PORRINI, D P; FARINA, J; CORREA-BENÍTEZ, A; MAGGI, M D; EGUARAS, M J; QUINTANA, S

NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY

ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC BRASIL

Lugar: BRASIL; Año: 2021 vol. 50 p. 312 - 316

1519-566X

Aethina tumida Murray is currently a worldwide emergent pest of Apismellifera L. hives. Although the damaging effect on the colony stores andbrood is well known, the possible role of these beetles as a disease carrieris not clear. This is the first report of DNA presence of the trypanosomehoneybee parasite Lotmaria passim and Crithidia bombi, and the Apismellifera filamentous virus (AmFV) in A. tumida. Further studies will beneeded to determine if A. tumida is indeed a mechanical or biologicalvector of these pathogens.