Eristalis flower flies can be mechanical vectors of the common trypanosome bee parasite, Crithidia bombi
Abby E. Davis; Kaitlin R. Deutsch; Alondra M. Torres; Mesly J. Mata Loya; Lauren V. Cody; Emma Harte; David Sossa; Paige A. Muñiz · 2021 · Scientific Reports
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Abstract
Flowers can be transmission platforms for parasites that impact bee health, yet bees share floral resources with other pollinator taxa, such as flies, that may be hosts or non-host vectors (i.e., mechanical vectors) of parasites. Here, we assessed whether the fecal-orally transmitted gut parasite of bees, Crithidia bombi, can infect Eristalis tenax flower flies. We also investigated the potential for two confirmed solitary bee hosts of C. bombi, Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata, as well as two flower fly species, Eristalis arbustorum and E. tenax, to transmit the parasite at flowers. We
Abstract by Abby E. Davis; Kaitlin R. Deutsch; Alondra M. Torres; Mesly J. Mata Loya; Lauren V. Cody; Emma Harte; David Sossa; Paige A. Muñiz, Scientific Reports (2021) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-95323-w