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Specimen #34769

Specimen record details
Entry Number 34769
Nematode Genus Elaeolenchus
Nematode Species parthenonema
Host Genus Elaeidobius
Host Species kamerunicus
Common Name Oil palm weevil*
Country Malaysia
Collector via George Poinar Jr.
Date Received 2003 Jan 08
Determined By Zafar A. Handoo
Taxon Author G. O. Poinar Jr., Jr., T. A. Jackson, N. L. Bell & M. B. Wahid
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematodes In Insect
Total Samples 2 of 8 slides
Slide Number T-546t (Holotype mature parthenogen) & T-547t (Allotype infective parthenogen)
Reference Systematic Parasitology (2002) 52(3):219-225.
Remarks Note: Nematode is an endoparasite. *Oil palm weevil was introduced into Malaysia to improve pollination of the exotic oil palm, Elaeis guineensis.