CEPAVE   05420
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLOGICOS Y DE VECTORES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The tracheal mite Locustacarus buchneri in South American native bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Autor/es:
PLISCHUK S.; POCCO M.E.; LANGE C.E.
Revista:
PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Editorial:
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2013 vol. 62 p. 505 - 507
ISSN:
1383-5769
Resumen:
As in other regions of the world, bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are important pollinators in the neotropics. Despite its relevance, knowledge on their health is still limited in the region.While external acari are known to occur in these insects, presence of the internal, trachealmite Locustacarus buchneri is here reported for first time. After the examination of 2,508 individuals of eight Bombus species from Argentina, two workers of Bombus bellicosus and one of Bombus atratus were found parasitized by L. buchneri in localities within San Luis and Buenos Aires provinces, respectively. The rare occurrence recorded agrees with findings from elsewhere in the world.