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Specimen #804

Specimen record details
Entry Number 804
Nematode Genus Telomermis
Nematode Species amphiorchis
Host Genus Chironomus
Host Species plumosus
Common Name Midge
Country USA
State Minnesota
City/Locale Benthic marl mud of Lake Itasca, Clearwater Co.
Collector via Arthur A. Johnson
Date Collected 1969 (summer)
Date Received 1981 Dec 21
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-12t (Holotype male & Allotype female) & T-229p (Paratypes) (male & female)
Reference Transactions of the American Microscopical Society (1990) 109 (1): 74-84.
Remarks Midge larvae live in the deep benthic region of the lake. Site of infection: hemocoel of fourth-instar host larva. Specimens 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.