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Specimen #35663

Specimen record details
Entry Number 35663
Nematode Genus Octomyomermis
Nematode Species muspratti
Host Genus Aedes
Host Species vexans
Common Name Mosquito
Country USA
State Massachusetts
City/Locale Amherst
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-5525p
Reference Journal of Inverterate Pathology (1977) 30(2):155-159
Remarks Note: Adult female. Anterior end damaged. Vulval lips and vagina good and similar to others in the Genus Octomyomermus. Bluntly rounded posterior end. (as per A.A. Johnson, Arkansas 2-18-07)