Claim · #6492420
Parasitellus spp. · parasitism · Bombus spp.
parasitism · effect: context_dependent
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“up to 165 deutonymphs on a single B. lapidarius queen”
- Authors
- Goulson D.
- Year
- 2010
- Publication
- Oxford University Press
- Page
- 72
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Parasitellus spp. phoretic deutonymphs on Bombus queens is well-documented; 165 deutonymphs on B. lapidarius is consistent with published infestation data.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Parasitellus spp. are well-documented phoretic mites on Bombus; deutonymph loads of 165 on a queen and flight impairment are biologically consistent with published literature.”
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