Locustacarus buchneri

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Locustacarus buchneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Subclass:
Acari
Order:
Trombidiformes
Family:
Podapolipidae
Genus:
Locustacarus
Species:
L. buchneri
Binomial name
Locustacarus buchneri
(Stammer, 1951)
Synonyms [1]

Bombacarus buchneri Stammer, 1951

Locustacarus buchneri is a parasitic mite that lives in the respiratory air sacs of bumblebees.[2] 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,[3] 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.[4] 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%.[5] In South America, prevalence is very low in native populations.[6] In Canada, there was evidence that commercial bumblebee populations were spreading L. buchneri to wild populations.[7]

References

  1. doi:10.1080/01647950008684196
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  2. ISBN 978-0-19-955306-8
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  3. ISSN 0044-8435
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  4. ISSN 0340-5443
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  5. doi:10.1303/jjaez.2000.47
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  6. PMID 23872435
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  7. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.013
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