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Specimen #35653

Specimen record details
Entry Number 35653
Nematode Genus Octomyomermis
Nematode Species muspratti
Common Name Mosquito
Country Zambia
City/Locale Livingstone
Collector via Arthur A. Johnson
Date Collected 2007 Feb 18
Date Received 2007 Feb 23
Determined By Zafar A. Handoo
Taxon Author James J. Petersen
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematodes In Insect
Slide Number T-1654p
Reference Journal of Inverterate Pathology (1977) 30(2):155-159
Remarks Note: Adult male. Tightly coiled, distorted. Spicules different from originally described Reesimermis muspratti. Could be another Octomyomermus species. (as per A.A. Johnson, Arkansas, 2-18-07)