Culturing chelifers (Pseudoscorpions) that consume Varroa mites

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 260-266

  Read, S ^a   Howlett, B G ^a   Donovan, B J ^b   Nelson, W R ^a   Van Toor, R F ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b Donovan Scientific Insect Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chelifers; Culture; Heterochernes novaezealandiae; Nesochernes gracilis; Pseudoscorpions; Varroa mite

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APHIDIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HETEROCHERNES NOVAEZEALANDIAE; NESOCHERNES GRACILIS; PSEUDOSCORPIONES; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 84898483256     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jen.12096     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Anderson DL, Trueman JWH, 2000. Varroa jacobsoni (Acari: Varroidae) is more than one species. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 24, 165-189.
2. de Andrade R, Gnaspini P, 2002. Feeding in Maxchernes iporangae (Pseudoscorpiones, Chernetidae) in captivity. J. Arachnol. 30, 613-617.
3. Becher MA, Moritz RFA, 2009. A new device for continuous temperature measurement in brood cells of honeybees (Apis mellifera). Apidologie 40, 577-584.
4. Dahlgren L, Johnson RM, Siegfried BD, Ellis MD, 2012. Comparative toxicity of acaricides to honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) workers and queens. J. Econ. Entomol. 105, 1895-1902.
5. Del-Claro K, Tizo-Pedroso E, 2009. Ecological and evolutionary pathways of social behavior in Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Acta Ethol. 12, 13-22.
6. Dietemann V, Pflugfelder J, Anderson D, Charriere J-D, Chejanovsky N, Dainat B, de Miranda J, Delaplane K, Dillier F-X, Fuch S, Gallmann P, Gauthier L, Imdorf A, Koeniger N, Kralj J, Meikle W, Pettis J, Rosenkranz P, Sammataro D, Smith D, Yanez O, Neumann P, 2012. Varroa destructor: research avenues towards sustainable control. J. Apic. Res. 51, 125-132.
7. Donovan BJ, 2000. Could pseudoscorpions from South African beehives control our varroa? NZ BeeKeep. 7, 22-23.
8. Donovan BJ, 2001. NZ Pseudoscorpion find. NZ BeeKeep. 8, 14.
9. Donovan BJ, Hyink W, 2006. New Zealand Pseudoscorpions kill Varroa. NZ BeeKeep. 14, 41-43.
10. Donovan BJ, Paul F, 2005. Pseudoscorpions: the forgotten beneficials inside beehives and their potential for management for control of varroa and other arthropod pests. Bee World 86, 83-87.
11. Donovan BJ, Paul F, 2006. Pseudoscorpions to the rescue? Indian pseudoscorpions kill varroa and other arthropod enemies of bees inside hives. Am. Bee J. 146, 867-869.
12. Donovan BJ, Fagan LL, Walker MK, Hyink W, Howlett BG, Nelson WR, 2009. Research begins on native chelifers for control of varroa. NZ BeeKeep. 17, 23-24.
13. Fagan LL, Nelson WR, Meenken ED, Howlett BG, Walker MK, Donovan BJ, 2012. Varroa management in small bites. J. Appl. Entomol. 136, 473-475.
14. Fell RD, Cobb JM, 2009. Miticide residues in Virginia honeys. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 83, 822-827.
15. Hamiduzzaman MM, Sinia A, Guzman-Novoa E, Goodwin PH, 2012. Entomopathogenic fungi as potential biocontrol agents of the ecto-parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, and their effect on the immune response of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). J. Invertebr. Pathol. 111, 237-243.
16. Jedrzejowska I, Mazurkiewicz-Kania M, Garbiec A, Kubrakiewicz J, 2013. Differentiation and function of the ovarian somatic cells in the Pseudoscorpion, Chelifer cancroides (Linnaeus, 1761) (Chelicerata: Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida). Arthropod Struct. Dev. 42, 27-36.
17. Levi HW, 1948. Notes on the life history of the Pseudoscorpion Chelifer cancroides (Linn.)(Chelonethida). Trans. Am. Microsc Soc. 67, 290-298.
18. Meikle WG, Sammataro D, Neumann P, Pflugfelder J, 2012. Challenges for developing pathogen-based biopesticides against Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae). Apidologie 43, 501-514.
19. NIWA. 2010. Mean Daily Maximum Temperatures (°C), Tauranga, 1981-2010 [WWW document]. URL http://www.niwa.co.nz/education-and-training/schools/resources/climate/maxairtemp.
20. Rosenkranz P, Aumeier P, Ziegelmann B, 2010. Biology and control of Varroa destructor. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 103, S96-S119.
21. Smith WW, 1924. Natural-history notes-chelifer in ants' nests. The N.Z. J. Sci. Technol. 6, 341-342.
22. Tizo-Pedroso E, Del-Claro K, 2007. Cooperation in the neotropical Pseudoscorpion, Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan, 1888): feeding and dispersal behavior. Insectes Soc. 54, 124-131.
23. Weygoldt P, 1969. The biology of Pseudoscorpions. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
24. Wood P, Gabbutt P, 1979. Silken chambers built by adult Pseudoscorpions in laboratory culture. Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 4, 285-293.
25. Zeh JA, Bonilla MM, Su EJ, Padua MV, Anderson RV, Kaur D, Yang D-S, Zeh DW, 2012. Degrees of disruption: projected temperature increase has catastrophic consequences for reproduction in a tropical ectotherm. Global Change Biol. 18, 1833-1842.