TY  - JOUR
TI  - Distribution of microsporidial infection in the predator beetle, Calosoma sycophanta (Coleoptera:Carabidae)-rearing laboratories in Turkey
AB  - The present study aimed to determine the rate of microsporidiosis in larvae and adult beetles in Calosoma sycophanta L.(Coleoptera: Carabidae) mass-rearing laboratories. Eighty larvae and 7420 adults of C. sycophanta were dissected from the mass-rearinglaboratories and investigated for the presence of microsporidiosis. Microsporidiosis was determined in all localities. Four hundred andforty-one adults of the dissected insects were found to be infected and the total infection rate was 5.94%. A total of 80 C. sycophantalarvae from Balıkesir and Isparta examined in 2016 showed no microsporidiosis. The infection ratio was varied among populationsand years. The total infection rate per year was 2% in 2015, 3.85% in 2016, 5.7% in 2017, and 12.3% in 2018. It was observed thatmicrosporidiosis increases year after year. In addition, infection rates reached considerable levels, such as 26.3% in İzmir, 31.1% inAntalya, 30.2% in Balıkesir, and 35.2% in Mersin localities. During the study, microsporidiosis in male and female beetles was alsoinvestigated. Twenty-four (2.49%) of 963 male and 41 (2.99%) of 1370 female beetles were found to be infected. These results confirmthat the microsporidian pathogen has a high dispersal potential through the C. sycophanta mass-rearing laboratories and can be anundesirable suppressing factor in adult beetles.
AU  - GÜNER, Beyza Gonca
AU  - AYAR, Ömür
AU  - ERTÜRK, Ömer
AU  - Yaman, Mustafa
AU  - UZUNER, Salih
AU  - EROĞLU, Mahmut
DO  - 10.3906/tar-1902-15
PY  - 2019
JO  - Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
VL  - 43
IS  - 6
SN  - 1300-011X
SP  - 586
EP  - 592
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/335791
ER  -