A scientific note on a new pest for European honeybees: first report of small hive beetle Aethina tumida, (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Italy

Apidologie

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 527-529

  Palmeri, Vincenzo ^a   Scirtò, Giuseppe ^b   Malacrinò, Antonino ^a   Laudani, Francesca ^a   Campolo, Orlando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b Associazione Regionale Allevatori Calabria   (Italy)

Author keywords

biological; honeybee; invasion; small hive beetle; symbiont

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HONEYBEE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; SYMBIONT;

ITALY;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; COLEOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 84934959477     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0343-9     Document Type: Article

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