Locustacarus buchneri explained

Locustacarus buchneri is a parasitic mite that lives in the respiratory air sacs of bumblebees.[1] They are relatively host-specific and are found primarily in the subgenus Bombus sensu stricto. Bees infested with the mite have a reduced lifespan in laboratory conditions,[2] and although in one study they foraged at a rate similar to uninfected bees, infected bees showed a greater preference for a single flower type.[3] Prevalence varies, but infection appears to be more common among commercial colonies than wild populations. Among colonies commercially imported from the Netherlands and Belgium to Japan, infestation rates were 20%.[4] In South America, prevalence is very low in native populations.[5] In Canada, there was evidence that commercial bumblebee populations were spreading L. buchneri to wild populations.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Goulson . Dave Goulson . Dave . Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation . limited. 2nd . 2010 . Oxford University Press . Oxford, UK . 978-0-19-955306-8 . 72.
  2. Otterstatter. Michael Christopher. Whidden. Troy Lorne. 2004-07-01. Patterns of parasitism by tracheal mites (Locustacarus buchneri) in natural bumble bee populations. Apidologie. en. 35. 4. 351–357. 10.1051/apido:2004024. 0044-8435. free.
  3. Otterstatter. Michael C.. Gegear. Robert J.. Colla. Sheila R.. Thomson. James D.. 2005-08-01. Effects of parasitic mites and protozoa on the flower constancy and foraging rate of bumble bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. en. 58. 4. 383–389. 10.1007/s00265-005-0945-3. 0340-5443.
  4. 公一. 五箇. 貴美子. 岡部. 里美. 丹羽. 昌浩. 米田. 2000-01-01. 輸入されたセイヨウオオマルハナバチのコロニーより検出された内部奇生性ダニとその感染状況. 日本応用動物昆虫学会誌. 44. 1. 47–50. 10.1303/jjaez.2000.47. free.
  5. Plischuk. Santiago. Pocco. Martina E.. Lange. Carlos E.. The tracheal mite Locustacarus buchneri in South American native bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Parasitology International. 62. 6. 505–507. 10.1016/j.parint.2013.07.006. 23872435. 2013. 11336/10238. free.
  6. Colla. Sheila R.. Otterstatter. Michael C.. Gegear. Robert J.. Thomson. James D.. 2006-05-01. Plight of the bumble bee: Pathogen spillover from commercial to wild populations. Biological Conservation. 129. 4. 461–467. 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.013. 2006BCons.129..461C .

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