01735nas a2200169   4500008004100000022001400041245008000055210006900135300001200204490000700216520117600223653004201399100001801441700001901459700002901478856005801507       2011                        eng d  a0044-843500aStudy of the acarofauna of native bumblebee species (Bombus) from Argentina0 aStudy of the acarofauna of native bumblebee species Bombus from   a280-2920 v423 a<p>A total of 382 bumblebee specimens were examined: Bombus atratus (n = 310), Bombus morio (n = 42), Bombus bellicosus (n = 16), Bombus opifex (n = 8), and Bombus tucumanus (n = 6). Prevalence, abundance, and intensity of mite infestation for each Bombus species and for each caste were recorded. The different mite species infesting bumblebee specimens were: Kuzinia laevis (Dujardin), Kuzinia americana (Delfinado and Baker), Scutacarus acarorum (Goeze), Pneumolaelaps longanalis (Hunter and Husband), Pneumolaelaps longipilus (Hunter), Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank), and Parasitellus fucorum (De Geer). Numbers of mites varied enormously and ranged from 1 individual to over 200 per bumblebee. Kuzinia mites were represented by the phoretic forms (hypopi). Only nymphs of P. fucorum were recorded. Only female mites were recorded for the other mite species. T. putrescientiae, P. longipilus, S. acarorum, and P. fucorum were less abundant, while K. laevis, K. americana, and P. longanalis were the most abundant. These records of T. putrescientiae, P. fucorum, K. laevis, K. americana, P. longipilus, and S. acarorum are the first for Argentine bumblebees.</p>
10abumblebees Argentina associated mites1 aMaggi, Matias1 aLucia, Mariano1 aAbrahamovich, Alberto, H  uhttp://www.springerlink.com/content/a32116w1g7j1342x/