Invasive Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae) parasitized by a flagellate (Euglenozoa: Kinetoplastea) and a neogregarine (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-265

  Plischuk, Santiago ^a   Lange, Carlos E ^a  

^a Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apicystis bombi; Argentina; Bombus; Bumble bee; Crithidia bombi; Flagellate; Neogregarine; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BEE; CRITHIDIA; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BEES; CRITHIDIA; FEMALE; MALE;

APICOMPLEXA; APICYSTIS; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS ATRATUS; BOMBUS BELLICOSUS; BOMBUS MORIO; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; EUGLENOZOA; HYMENOPTERA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEOGREGARINORIDA; OPIFEX;

EID: 70350569318     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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