Claim · #6492419
Sphaerularia bombi · parasitism · Bombus spp.
parasitism · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Infected queens become increasingly sluggish and eventually die in spring or early summer”
- Authors
- Goulson D.
- Year
- 2010
- Publication
- Oxford University Press
- Page
- 71
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sphaerularia bombi is a well-documented mermithid-related tylenchid nematode parasitizing Bombus queens; behavioural manipulation preventing nest founding is consistent with established literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Sphaerularia bombi is a well-documented mermithid-related tylenchid nematode parasitising Bombus queens; behavioural manipulation preventing nest founding is established biology consistent with source quote and mechanism described.”
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