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JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY
Volume 102, Issue 3, Pages 261-263Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.08.005
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Apicystis bombi; Argentina; Bumble bee; Bombus; Crithidia bombi; Flagellate; Neogregarine; Patagonia
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The flagellate Crithidia bombi and the neogregarine Apicystis bombi have been found in individuals of Bombus terrestris, a Palaearctic species of humble bee commercially reared and shipped worldwide for pollination services. B. terrestris has recently entered into the northwestern Patagonia region of Argentina from Chile. where it was introduced in 1998. Prevalence was 21.6% for C bombi and 3.6% for A. bombi (n = 111). The pathogens were not detected in 441 humble bees belonging to five of the eight known Argentine native species (Bombus atratus, Bombus morio, Bombus bellicosus, Bombus opifex, Bombus tucumanus) collected elsewhere in the Country. Although the absence of natural occurrence of C bombi and A. bombi in Argentine native humble bees cannot be ascertained at present due to the limited surveys performed, it is important to report their detection in invasive B. terrestris. The invasion event is relatively recent and the accompanying pathogens are not species specific within the genus Bombus. (c) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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