BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Sphaerularia bombi Dufour (a roundworm)
Suggested Literature
Sphaerularia bombi may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
NEMATODA (roundworms) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Sphaerularia bombi is associated with:
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adult female | Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | adult female endoparasitises abdomen of queen | 
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Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
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larva | Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | larva endoparasitises reproductive system of queen |
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Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
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larva | Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | larva endoparasitises gut of queen |
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Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
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larva | Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | larva endoparasitises blood of queen |
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Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
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larva | Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | larva hitches a ride on frass of queen |
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Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
Associated with Sphaerularia bombi:
Sphaerularia bombi may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
References
| Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 | Bumblebees |
