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Specimen #19220

Specimen record details
Entry Number 19220
Nematode Genus Strelkovimermis
Nematode Species spiculatus
Host Genus Aedes
Host Species albifasciatus
Common Name Mosquito
Country Argentina
State Buenos Aires Province
City/Locale Miguelin River, Punta Lara, Partido de Ensenada
Collector Nora B. Camino, sent via Arthur Johnson and Tok Fukuda
Date Received 1999 Apr 13
Determined By Zafar A. Handoo, George O. Poinar, Jr.
Taxon Author G.O. Poinar, Jr., N.B. Camino (1986)
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Insect larvae
Total Samples 1 of 70 vials
Vial Number G-5130f
Reference Journal of Nematology 18(3): 317-319
Remarks 10 ADM, 10 postparasitic females; voucher specimens. Hosts: originally collected from Aedes larvae, then reared in laboratory on Culex pipiens (another mosquito) larvae.