First detection of small hive beetle Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) infesting eastern honeybee, Apis cerana Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in China

First detection of small hive beetle Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) infesting eastern honeybee, Apis cerana Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in China

We report the infestation of small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, in a honeybee, Apis cerana, in South China. This is the first record for domestic Chinese honey bee infested with small hive beetle.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hongxia Zhao, Sa Yang, Jiali Liu, Wenzhong Huang, Conghui Ji, Qin Ren, Xiaoshan Xia, Chunsheng Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2020-04-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
Aethina tumida
small hive beetle
Asian honeybee
Apis cerana
China
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/4381

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