First record of small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray, in South America

被引:35
作者
Al Toufailia, Hasan [1 ]
Alves, Denise A. [2 ]
Bena, Daniela de C. [3 ]
Bento, Jose M. S. [2 ]
Iwanicki, Natasha S. A. [2 ]
Cline, Andrew R. [4 ]
Ellis, James D. [5 ]
Ratnieks, Francis L. W. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sussex, Sch Life Sci, Lab Apiculture & Social Insects, Brighton, E Sussex, England
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz Coll Agr, Dept Entomol & Acarol, Piracicaba, Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Biosci Inst, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[4] Calif Dept Food & Agr, Plant Pest Diagnost Ctr, Sacramento, CA 95814 USA
[5] Univ Florida, Dept Entomol & Nematol, Honey Bee Res & Extens Lab, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
基金
巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
Aethina tumida; small hive beetle; discovery; Brazil; South America; COLEOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE; COLONIES;
D O I
10.1080/00218839.2017.1284476
中图分类号
Q96 [昆虫学];
学科分类号
摘要
We report the discovery of adult small hive beetles, Aethina tumida, in a honey bee, Apis mellifera, apiary in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, in March 2015. This is the first record for South America of this honey bee pest.
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