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Specimen #425

Specimen record details
Entry Number 425
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 (Hendrix College, AR)
Date Collected 1969 (summer)
Date Received 1988 Apr 22
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Taxon Author Arthur A. Johnson & William R. Bowen
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematodes In Larval hemocoel
Total Samples 1
Vial Number T-13t (Holotype-male & Paratype-female), T-304p & T-305p (Paratypes)
Reference Transactions of the American Microscopical Society (1990) 109 (1): 74-84.
Remarks 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. To view specimens, pour contents in a small, lint free finger bowl. To mount on slides, allow some solution to evaporate overnight.