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Specimen #2876

Specimen record details
Entry Number 2876
Nematode Genus Hydromermis
Nematode Species viridis
Host Genus Endochironomus
Host Species subtendens
Country USA
State Minnesota
City/Locale Lake Itasca, Clearwater Co.
Collector via A. A. Johnson
Date Collected 1985 Aug
Date Received 1996 May 13
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Taxon Author Arthur A. Johnson & Maurice G. Kleve
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematodes In Insect (June imagos)
Total Samples 1 of 2
Slide Number T-4583p & T-4584p (Paratypes, serial cross sections)
Vial Number T-23t (Holotype-male & Allotype-female) & T-377p (3 male & 3 female Paratypes)
Reference The Journal of Parasitology (1997) 83 (1):131-136.
Remarks Note: Specimens in vials fixed in Looss' soln or TAF & stored in 2 parts glycerol to 3 parts 70% EtOH. Some of spec stained in cotton blue (over five years ago). To view spec, pour contents in small lint free finger bowl & allow to evaporate overnight.