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Specimen #2877

Specimen record details
Entry Number 2877
Nematode Genus Hydromermis
Nematode Species gastroviridis
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 (August imagos)
Other Nematodes *T-378p (3 male & 3 female paratypes) & T-379p (2 male & 3 female post-parasitic forms).
Total Samples 1 of 2
Slide Number T-4585p & T-4586p (Paratypes, serial cross sections)
Vial Number T-24t (Holotype-male & Allotype-female), T-378p & T-379p (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.