Reproduction and transmission within a colony of bumblebee tracheal mite Locustacarus buchneri (Acari: Podapolipidae) in Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-395

  Yoneda, Masahiro ^a,b   Furuta, Haruki ^c   Kanbe, Yuya ^a   Tsuchida, Koji ^c   Okabe, Kimiko ^d   Goka, Koichi ^b  

^a Api Company Ltd   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Developmental period; Invasive alien species; Locustacarus buchneri; Parasite

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; LOCUSTACARUS BUCHNERI; PODAPOLIPIDAE;

EID: 57049108182     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2008.391     Document Type: Article

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