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Specimen #8542

Specimen record details
Entry Number 8542
Nematode Genus Hoplolaimus
Nematode Species galeatus
Host Genus Zoysia
Host Species sp.
Common Name Grass (Zoysia)
Country USA
State Maryland
City/Locale College Park
Collector A. M. Golden and J. Feldmesser
Date Received 1971 Sep 30
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Soil
Other Nematodes Criconemoides ornatus, Dolichodorus marylandicus, Tylenchorhynchus claytoni, Xiphinema americanum
Total Samples 1 of 9
Vial Number G-1607g
Remarks D. marylandicus originally recorded as n. sp. One of 1st collections of Dolichodorus n. sp. close to Dolichodorus similis, but stylet is shorter in n. sp., tail is only half the length of D.similis tail, and has an acuminate terminus. In culture in greenhouse 1971 Oct 5. All adults and most larvae of D. marylandicus moved to Type Collection.
Confidential Dean Clarke's yard