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Specimen #3271

Specimen record details
Entry Number 3271
Nematode Genus Tetylenchus
Nematode Species joctus
Common Name Grass, Weeds
Country USA
State Alaska
City/Locale Wrangell
Collector Jocelyn Tyler
Date Collected 1932 Aug 16
Date Received 1932?
Determined By Gerald Thorne, Mohammad R. Siddiqi
Taxon Author G. Thorne (1949); M. Siddiqi (1979)
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematodes In Soil
Total Samples 1
Slide Number T-253t (Lectotype female, Paralectotypes - 2 females, 10 males, 1 juvenile)
Reference Proc. Helm. Soc. Wash. 16(2): 37-73; Systematic Parasitology 1(1): 43-60
Remarks Lectotype = largest female irregularly curved. Originally from Thorne's slide Tetylenchus 5. Original description: G. Thorne (1949). Lectotype designation, and change from Tetylenchus to Merlinius: Siddiqi (1979).