Varroa destructor changes its cuticular hydrocarbons to mimic new hosts

Author:

Le Conte Y.1,Huang Z. Y.2,Roux M.3,Zeng Z. J.4,Christidès J.-P.5,Bagnères A.-G.5

Affiliation:

1. INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Avignon Cedex 9 84914, France

2. Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

3. 29, Avenue des Lierres, 84000 Avignon, France

4. Honeybee Research Institute, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China

5. I.R.B.I., UMR 7261 CNRS-Université François-Rabelais, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Tours 37200, France

Abstract

Varroa destructor ( Vd ) is a honeybee ectoparasite. Its original host is the Asian honeybee, Apis cerana , but it has also become a severe, global threat to the European honeybee, Apis mellifera . Previous studies have shown that Varroa can mimic a host's cuticular hydrocarbons (HC), enabling the parasite to escape the hygienic behaviour of the host honeybees. By transferring mites between the two honeybee species, we further demonstrate that Vd is able to mimic the cuticular HC of a novel host species when artificially transferred to this new host. Mites originally from A. cerana are more efficient than mites from A. mellifera in mimicking HC of both A. cerana and A. mellifera . This remarkable adaptability may explain their relatively recent host-shift from A. cerana to A. mellifera .

Publisher

The Royal Society

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Reference17 articles.

1. Chemical Mimicry: Bolas Spiders Emit Components of Moth Prey Species Sex Pheromones

2. Cleptoparasites, social parasites and a common host: chemical insignificance for visiting host nests, chemical mimicry for living in;Uboni A;J. Insect. Physiol.,2012

3. Wax combs mediate nestmate recognition by guard honeybees

4. Nestmate recognition in social insects and the role of hydrocarbons

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3