A "clean" alien species? Parasites of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Title:

A "clean" alien species? Parasites of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Creator:

Dudek, Kryzstof, Sienkiewicz, Paweł, Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., and Piotr Tryjanowski

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:5231bac7-4a6e-4437-94d4-f65169f4b82f
uuid:5231bac7-4a6e-4437-94d4-f65169f4b82f
issn:1210-5759
doi:10.14411/eje.2017.044

Subject:

Zoologie, brouci, slunéčkovití, slunéčko východní, hlístice, beetles, Coccinellidae, Harmonia axyridis, Nematodes, phoretic mites, insect ecology, eugregarines, fungi, 2, and 59

Type:

article, články, journal articles, model:article, and TEXT

Format:

print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

The multicoloured Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis is an invasive insect that can negatively influence biodiversity and human economy in invaded areas. According to the enemy release hypothesis, invasive alien species are often little affected by parasites and other enemies. We studied the prevalence of common parasites of insects infesting and infecting H. axyridis in NW Poland. A large sample of 2351 individuals was collected and divided into two groups: 1180 beetles were dissected and examined for the presence of eugregarines, nematodes and Laboulbeniales fungi, and 751 were checked for phoretic mites. Our results show that H. axyridis is indeed parasitized infrequently. The prevalence of eugregarines and nematodes was very low (1.5% and 0.4%, respectively). No specimens of Laboulbeniales or phoretic mites were found. Our study indicates that in NW Poland H. axyridis is rarely infested or infected by parasites. This paper reports for the first time the infection of H. axyridis by the eugregarine Gregarina barbarara., Kryzstof Dudek, Paweł Sienkiewicz, Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz, Piotr Tryjanowski., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2017 Volume:114

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CDK

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