Three species of Vespula have become invasive in Australia, Hawai 'i, New Zealand, and
North and South America and continue to spread. These social wasp species can achieve …

Recently, the environmental economist JM Salles (Salles,) declared that “the Asian hornet
was likely to be the most threatening invader insect in France.” Thirteen years after the …

The cosmopolitan mite family Laelapidae includes both free-living predatory species and
species associated with arthropods, mammals or birds. This work presents a list of free-living …

Simple Summary Currently, bee viruses are one of the threats to honey bee populations.
The increase in invasive Vespid species causes a negative impact on honey bee colonies …

Social wasps are a major pest in many countries around the world. Pathogens may
influence wasp populations and could provide an option for population management via …

Introduced social wasps (Vespula spp.) are a pest in many parts of the world. Recently, a
mite species (Pneumolaelaps niutirani) was described and associated with disease …

This paper reports on ten species of laelapid mites associated with ants and bumblebees in
Western Siberia. Androlaelaps myrmecophilus (Evans Till), Cosmolaelaps dendrophilus …

Bumble bees (Bombus spp.), considered as important angiosperm pollinators, harbor
several mite species associated with their nests. In the present study, 403 bumble bees–B …

Established pests such as the European wasp (Vespula germanica) are often overlooked as
candidates for management programmes (eradication and/or containment) because the use …

Morphological and molecular data led to the proposal of a new family named Bulacaridae
for Bulacarus curvisetus gen. nov. and sp. nov., found on taro corms (Colocasia esculenta …