Stephanie Johana Numa-Vergel, Yuly P. Sandoval-Cáceres, E. V. Vergara-Navarro
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Abstract
The honey bee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), has been threatened worldwide by high colony loss rates (Dainat et al. 2012, Lee et al. 2015, Watson & Stallins 2016,Haddad et al. 2017). The losses have been attributed to different factors, such as diseases, pesticide application near apiaries, climate change, beehive management practices, several parasitic mite species [including Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman (Mesostigmata: Varroidae), Tropilaelaps spp. (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), and Acarapis woodi Rennie (Trombidiformes: Tarsonemidae)] and insects (such as Aethina tumidaMurray; Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) (Bernadou et al. 2009, Cresswell et al. 2012, Ghosh & Jung 2017, Flores et al. 2019). Despite these colony losses, honey production has increased in recent years due to an increase in colonies number (Piou et al. 2016, Traynor et al. 2016, Xu et al. 2016, Kulhanek et al. 2017, 2021, Castilhos et al. 2019). The small hive beetle, A. tumida, is a parasite of honey bee and other social bee species (Neuman & Elzen 2004). Elzen et al. (1999) reported that A. tumida is attracted to hives with honey and pollen, and its population increases in stressed hives or recently abandoned colonies with immature bees. Aethina tumida is native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is usually considered a minor pest (Neumann&Ellis 2008). This insect has a cosmopolitan distribution (Figure 1) (Habeck 2002). It has been reported in Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America (Mostafa & Williams 2000, Boncristiani et al. 2020). In this paper, we report for first time the detection of A. tumida in Colombia. The specimens were collected manually on 3 October 2020 (by L. F. Alvarez and D. E. Quintero of Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria) in old honeycomb frames without brood in a honey bee apiary maintained at Palmira Research Center, Valle del Cauca, Palmira, Colombia (1003 m; N3°31′16,597′′, W76°18′25,387′′). The specimens were identified using keys in Habeck (2002), Brown et al. (2013) and OIE (2018) under stereomicroscopes (Stereo Discovery.V12; Carl Zeiss
蜜蜂,Apis mellifera L.(膜翅目:蜜蜂科),因高群体损失率在全球范围内受到威胁(Dainat et al. 2012, Lee et al. 2015, Watson & Stallins 2016,Haddad et al. 2017)。损失可归因于不同的因素,如疾病、养蜂场附近的农药施用、气候变化、蜂箱管理措施、几种寄生性螨[包括破坏瓦螨(中刺目:瓦螨科)、Tropilaelaps(中刺目:瓦螨科)和木螨(恙螨目:Tarsonemidae)]和昆虫(如athina tumidaMurray;鞘翅目:Nitidulidae) (Bernadou et al. 2009, Cresswell et al. 2012, Ghosh & Jung 2017, Flores et al. 2019)。尽管有这些蜂群损失,但近年来由于蜂群数量的增加,蜂蜜产量有所增加(Piou等人2016年,Traynor等人2016年,Xu等人2016年,Kulhanek等人2017,2021年,Castilhos等人2019年)。小蜂巢甲虫,a . tumida,是蜜蜂和其他群居蜜蜂物种的寄生虫(Neuman & Elzen 2004)。Elzen等人(1999)报告说,蜜蜂被蜂蜜和花粉吸引到蜂箱中,在压力大的蜂箱或最近被遗弃的有未成熟蜜蜂的蜂群中,蜜蜂的数量增加。蛔虫原产于撒哈拉以南非洲,在那里它通常被认为是一种小害虫(Neumann&Ellis 2008)。这种昆虫具有世界性分布(图1)(Habeck 2002)。在非洲、欧洲、北美、大洋洲和南美洲都有报道(Mostafa & Williams 2000, Boncristiani et al. 2020)。本文报道首次在哥伦比亚检测到tumida。标本由Corporación columbiana de Investigación Agropecuaria的L. F. Alvarez和D. E. Quintero于2020年10月3日人工采集,采集地点为哥伦比亚Palmira考卡谷Palmira研究中心(1003 m;N3°31 16597”,W76 18°25387”)。Habeck(2002)、Brown et al.(2013)和OIE(2018)在立体显微镜下使用钥匙对标本进行了鉴定(Stereo Discovery.V12;卡尔蔡司
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