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Specimen #19199

Specimen record details
Entry Number 19199
Nematode Genus Gastromermis
Nematode Species plumosus
Host Genus Chironomus
Host Species plumosus
Common Name Midge
Country USA
State Minnesota
City/Locale Benthic marl mud of Lake Itasca, Clearwater Co.
Collector Arthur A. Johnson
Date Collected 1969 (summer), 1991 (summer)
Date Received 1999 Apr 13
Determined By Zafar A. Handoo
Taxon Author A.A. Johnson, W.R. Bowen (1990)
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematodes In Insect (larvae)
Total Samples 2 of 70 vials
Vial Number T-399p (2ADM, 1ADF), T-400p (2ADM, 2ADF) (paratypes)
Reference Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 109(1): 74-84
Remarks T-399p received 1969 (summer), T-400p 1991 (summer). Site of infection: fourth-instar hemocoel of host larva. Specimens in vial fixed in TAF, stored in 2 parts glycerol to 3 parts 70% EtOH.