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A scientific note on rapid host shift of the invasive dusky sap beetle (Carpophilus lugubris) in Italian beehives: new commensal or potential threat for European apiculture?

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  1. Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “C. Darwin”, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Via A. Borelli 50, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Paolo Audisio, Francesca Marini & Alessandro Campanaro

  2. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Lazio e Toscana, Laboratorio di Parassitologia e Sorveglianza Entomologica, Via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Rome, Italy

    Francesca Marini

  3. MIPAAF-National Forest Service, Ufficio Territoriale per la Biodiversità di Belluno, Via Gregorio XVI 8, 32100, Belluno, Italy

    Enzo Gatti

  4. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, NRL for Beekeeping, Viale dell’Università 10, 35020, Legnaro, Padua, Italy

    Fabrizio Montarsi & Franco Mutinelli

  5. California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA, 95832-1448, USA

    Andrew Richard Cline

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Manuscript editor: Yves Le Conte

Note scientifique sur le rapide changement d’hôte du nitidule invasif Carpophilus lugubris pour les ruches italiennes: nouveau commensal ou menace potentielle pour l’apiculture européenne?

Eine wissenschaftliche Notiz zum raschen Wirtswechsel des invasiven dunklen Saftkäfers ( Carpophilus lugubris ) in italienischen Bienenvölkern: ein neuer Kommensale oder eine Bedrohung für die europäische Imkerei?

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Audisio, P., Marini, F., Gatti, E. et al. A scientific note on rapid host shift of the invasive dusky sap beetle (Carpophilus lugubris) in Italian beehives: new commensal or potential threat for European apiculture?. Apidologie 45, 464–466 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-013-0260-3

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