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Specimen #8994

Specimen record details
Entry Number 8994
Nematode Genus Hydromermis
Nematode Species welchi
Host Genus Chironomidae
Common Name Midge
Country USA
State Minnesota
City/Locale Lake Itasca
Collector via Arthur A. Johnson
Date Collected 1996 May 19, Jun 04
Date Received 1997 Apr 10
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Taxon Author A. A. Johnson
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematodes In Insect
Total Samples 1 of 2
Slide Number T-4673p, T-4674p
Vial Number T-25t, T-381p, T-382p, T-383p T-384p
Reference Journal of Parasitology (1997)
Remarks 4673, 4674: paratypes, 8um-thick serial sections. 25t: holotype male + paratype female. 381, 382: paratypes, 3 males + 3 females each. 383: 5 female paratypes, H. welchi variant. 384: paratype, post-parasitic female. Serial sections fixed in Bouin's, stained in Mallory's triple connective tissue stain. Whole adults 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. Allow ethanol to evaporate overnight, then mount.