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Detection of Apicystis bombi (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida) in carpenter bees of Argentina

Historically, the neogregarine Apicystis bombi was isolated almost exclusively from bumble bees (Bombus spp.) where it disrupts adipose tissue, increasing hosts’ mortality rates. Records in solitary bees are scarce worldwide. To check for its presence in carpenter bees (genus Xylocopa), campaigns we...

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Autores principales: Plischuk, Santiago, Quintana, Silvina, Fernandez De Landa, Gregorio, Revainera, Pablo Damián, Haramboure, Marina, Lange, Carlos Ernesto
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Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10133405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37124671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.03.008
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author Plischuk, Santiago
Quintana, Silvina
Fernandez De Landa, Gregorio
Revainera, Pablo Damián
Haramboure, Marina
Lange, Carlos Ernesto
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description Historically, the neogregarine Apicystis bombi was isolated almost exclusively from bumble bees (Bombus spp.) where it disrupts adipose tissue, increasing hosts’ mortality rates. Records in solitary bees are scarce worldwide. To check for its presence in carpenter bees (genus Xylocopa), campaigns were performed in Argentina capturing 154 individuals of five species (X. augusti, X. splendidula, X. atamisquensis, X. frontalis, X. nigrocincta). The presence of A. bombi was detected by molecular means in X. augusti, X. atamisquensis, and X. nigrocincta in four of the nine provinces screened. The pathogenesis and eventual impact that A. bombi may cause in individuals or populations of Xylocopa species remain unknown. The presence of A. bombi in northern Argentina would be contradictory to the hypothesis that its occurrence is the exclusive result of its introduction to South America through invasive, infected exotic bumble bees.
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spelling pubmed-101334052023-04-28 Detection of Apicystis bombi (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida) in carpenter bees of Argentina Plischuk, Santiago Quintana, Silvina Fernandez De Landa, Gregorio Revainera, Pablo Damián Haramboure, Marina Lange, Carlos Ernesto Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl Article Historically, the neogregarine Apicystis bombi was isolated almost exclusively from bumble bees (Bombus spp.) where it disrupts adipose tissue, increasing hosts’ mortality rates. Records in solitary bees are scarce worldwide. To check for its presence in carpenter bees (genus Xylocopa), campaigns were performed in Argentina capturing 154 individuals of five species (X. augusti, X. splendidula, X. atamisquensis, X. frontalis, X. nigrocincta). The presence of A. bombi was detected by molecular means in X. augusti, X. atamisquensis, and X. nigrocincta in four of the nine provinces screened. The pathogenesis and eventual impact that A. bombi may cause in individuals or populations of Xylocopa species remain unknown. The presence of A. bombi in northern Argentina would be contradictory to the hypothesis that its occurrence is the exclusive result of its introduction to South America through invasive, infected exotic bumble bees. Elsevier 2023-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10133405/ /pubmed/37124671 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.03.008 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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