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Specimen #19197

Specimen record details
Entry Number 19197
Nematode Genus Octomyomermis
Nematode Species itascensis
Host Genus Chironomus
Host Species plumosis
Common Name Midge
Country USA
State Minnesota
City/Locale Lake Itasca
Collector via A. A. Johnson
Date Collected 1961 Aug
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 adults (hemocoel)
Total Samples 2 of 70 vials
Vial Number T-393p (4ADM, 4ADF) & T-394p (preparasitic larvae) (paratypes)
Reference Transactions of the American Microscopical Society (1963) 82 (3):237-241.
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.