Observations on pollen processing byPneumolaelaps longanalis (Acari: Laelapidae), a mite associate of bumblebees

Royce, Lynn A.; Krantz, G. W.

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“…The deutonymphs disperse by attaching to adult bumblebees for transport (Huck et al 1998). Species of the genus Pneumolaelaps feed on pollen and nectar in nests of bumblebees (Royce and Krantz 1989) and, like Kuzinia deutonymphs, they disperse by attaching to adult bumblebees when deleterious ambient conditions in the nest are detected. Eguaras et al (1997) reported P. longanalis mites infesting Bombus in Argentina.…”

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Study of the acarofauna of native bumblebee species (Bombus) from Argentina

2011

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International audienceA 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 one 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. Tyrophagus 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

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Study of the acarofauna of native bumblebee species (Bombus) from Argentina

2011

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“…Members of the genus mainly have been considered to be nectar and pollen feeders (Hunter & Husband 1973;Royce & Krantz 1989). Pneumolaelaps longanalis Hunter & Husband 1973, an associate of bumblebees, was known to feed on nectar and surface compounds of pollen (Royce & Krantz 1989).…”

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New Zealand Pneumolaelaps (Acari: Laelapidae): description of a new species, key to species and notes on biology

Fan

Zhang

Brown

et al. 2016

Systematic and Applied Acarology

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Mites of the genus Pneumolaelaps Berlese are often found in association with bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Approximately sixty species of the genus have been described worldwide but only two of them have been recorded in New Zealand, viz. Pneumolaelaps bombicolens (Canestrini, 1885) and P. breviseta (Evans & Till, 1966). A new species, Pneumolaelaps niutirani, collected from hives of honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) and nests of the German wasp Vespula germanica (Vespidae) brings the number of species in New Zealand to three. We herein review P. bombicolens and P. breviseta, describe the new species, Pneumolaelaps niutirani, with notes on its biology, and provide a key to the species known in New Zealand. This is the first report of Pneumolaelaps in association with a vespid wasp.

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“…Pollen consumption provides higher quantities of nutrients such as amino acids than nectar (Stanley and Linskens 1974;van Rijn and Tanigoshi 1999a, b;Roulston and Cane 2000), and pollen consumption may be particularly important for female mites, which need protein for egg laying (Royce and Krantz 1989;T. Velázquez and J. F. Ornelas, unpublished data).…”

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Pollen consumption by flower mites in three hummingbird-pollinated plant species

Velázquez

Ornelas

2009

Exp Appl Acarol

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Laboratory studies suggest that pollen consumption by flower mites may decrease the male fitness of the plant by reducing the available pollen for dispersal. Here we assessed pollen consumption by flower mites under natural conditions in three plant species with long-lived, protandrous flowers, Moussonia deppeana (Gesneriaceae), Lobelia laxiflora and L. cardinalis (Lobeliaceae). Total pollen mass was measured after 24 and 48 h in flowers exposed to flower mites and excluded from hummingbirds, flowers exposed to mites and hummingbird visitation, and in flowers recently opened with dehisced anthers. Compared with recently opened flowers, pollen availability was reduced about half in the presence of flower mites and the same effect was observed in the three plant species. Our results suggest that flower mites are removing a great deal of pollen and the reduction of pollen implies the possibility of direct impact on pollen transfer.

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Observations on pollen processing byPneumolaelaps longanalis (Acari: Laelapidae), a mite associate of bumblebees

Cited by 34 publications

References 3 publications

Study of the acarofauna of native bumblebee species (Bombus) from Argentina

Study of the acarofauna of native bumblebee species (Bombus) from Argentina

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Pollen consumption by flower mites in three hummingbird-pollinated plant species

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