Claim · #6492450
Psithyrus spp. · parasitism · Bombus terrestris
parasitism · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Psithyrus female will lay eggs reared by bumblebee workers as their own”
- Authors
- Goulson D.
- Year
- 2010
- Publication
- Oxford University Press
- Page
- 77
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Psithyrus (now Bombus subgenus) social parasitism of B. terrestris is well-documented; mechanism and effect direction match established inquilinism biology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Psithyrus (now Bombus subgenus) social parasitism on B. terrestris, including queen killing and worker brood rearing, is well-documented biology consistent with the source quote and structured fields.”
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