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Specimen #19194

Specimen record details
Entry Number 19194
Nematode Genus Hydromermis
Nematode Species floridensis
Host Genus Chironomus
Host Species baripes
Common Name Midge
Country USA
State Florida
City/Locale Eutrophic Lake Cannon, Polk Co.
Collector R. S. Patterson (Midge Research Project of the Florida State Board of Health) via A. A. Johnson
Date Collected 1965 May
Date Received 1999 Apr 13
Determined By Zafar A. Handoo
Taxon Author Arthur A. Johnson
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematodes In Insect larvae
Total Samples 1 of 70 vials
Vial Number T-395p (PPFF) (paratypes)
Reference Journal of Parasitology (1971) 57 (6): 1180-1184.
Remarks Note: Specimens in vial fixed in TAF & stored in 2 parts glycerol to 3 parts 70% EtOH. To view specimens, pour contents in a small, lint free finger bowl. To mount on slides, allow some of solution to evaporate overnight.