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Apidologie
Volume 23, Number 6, 1992
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| Page(s) | 533 - 536 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19920605 | |
Apidologie 23 (1992) 533-536
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19920605
a Institute of Plant Protection, Miczurina 20, 60-318 Poznan, Poland
b Istituto di Entomologia Agraria, Universita degli Studi, via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
Key words: Apis / Bombus / neogregarine / protozoan / parasite
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19920605
A newly recorded neogregarine (Protozoa, Apicomplexa), parasite in honey bees (Apis mellifera) and bumble bees (Bombus spp)
J.J. Lipaa and O. Triggianiba Institute of Plant Protection, Miczurina 20, 60-318 Poznan, Poland
b Istituto di Entomologia Agraria, Universita degli Studi, via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
Abstract - A new infectious disease of Apis mellifera, Bombus hortorum and B terrestris is reported to be caused by a parasitic protozoan belonging to the order Neogregarinida. The disease can be diagnosed based on the presence of characteristic navicular spores measuring 11.4-14.4 x 3.6-5.4 μm. Infection level in host populations was low but since this parasite was found in host insects in Finland and Italy, it evidently has a wide distribution in Europe.
Key words: Apis / Bombus / neogregarine / protozoan / parasite