Title
Deformed wings of small hive beetle independent of virus infections and mites
Date Issued
01 May 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Bern
Publisher(s)
Academic Press Inc.
Abstract
Insect wing deformities can be caused by viruses, mites and other environmental stressors during development. Here we conducted differential diagnostics of deformed wings in small hive beetles, Aethina tumida (SHB). Adult SHB with and without deformed wings from individual and mass reared scenarios were evaluated for the mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae and for deformed wing virus. Viral load and mite number were similar for SHB with deformed wings and unaffected beetles. Because deformed wings were only observed in individually pupating SHB, a humidity challenge most likely explains the observed clinical symptoms. Our observations support the importance of differential diagnostics.
Volume
172
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85082589684
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
ISSN of the container
00222011
Sponsor(s)
Financial support was granted by the Swiss Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (A.P.), the Vinetum Foundation (P.N.), and by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Multi-state Hatch project 1014681 (G.R.W.).
We would like to thank Gary R. Mullen and Charles Ray, both Auburn University, for taxonomic identification and the mite picture, two anonymous referees for constructive comments and Lee Solter for careful proofreading. The authors have no competing interests to declare. Financial support was granted by the Swiss Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (A.P.), the Vinetum Foundation (P.N.), and by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Multi-state Hatch project 1014681 (G.R.W.).
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