A scientific note on rapid host shift of the invasive dusky sap beetle (Carpophilus lugubris) in Italian beehives: New commensal or potential threat for European apiculture?

Apidologie

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 464-466

  Audisio, Paolo ^a   Marini, Francesca ^a,b   Gatti, Enzo ^c   Montarsi, Fabrizio ^d   Mutinelli, Franco ^d   Campanaro, Alessandro ^a   Cline, Andrew Richard ^e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^c MIPAAF National Forest Service Ufficio Territoriale per la Biodiversità di Belluno   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethina tumida; Apis mellifera; beehives; Carpophilus lugubris; host shift

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; BEETLE; COMMENSAL; HONEYBEE; INVASIVE SPECIES;

EUROPE;

EID: 84903942063     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0260-3     Document Type: Article

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