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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15001| Title: | Infestation by Pyemotes tritici (Acari, Pyemotidae) causes death of stingless bee colonies (Hymenoptera: Meliponina) |
| Authors: | Menezes, Cristiano Coletto-Silva, Alexandre Gazêta, Gilberto Salles Kerr, Warwick Estevam |
| Keywords: | Apiculture Brood Parasite Mite Natural Enemy Nonhuman Organism Colony Parasite Transmission Pyemotes Tritici Stingless Bee Acari Animal Bees Acari Frieseomelitta Varia Hymenoptera Meliponinae Pyemotes Tritici Pyemotidae Tetragonisca Angustula |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Genetics and Molecular Research |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 8, Número 2, Pags. 630-634 |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.4238/vol8-2kerr021 |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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