• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Laboratory Infection of Blackflies (Simuliidae) and Midges (Chironomidae) by the Mosquito Mermithid, Romanomermis culicivorax
  • Beteiligte: Poinar,, George O.; Hess, Roberta; Hansen, Eder; Hansen, James W.
  • Erschienen: American Society of Parasitologists, 1979
  • Erschienen in: The Journal of Parasitology, 65 (1979) 4, Seite 613-615
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISSN: 0022-3395; 1937-2345
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  • Beschreibung: <p>Penetrating infective juveniles of Romanomermis culicivorax usually killed first-stage larvae of Chironomus maturus Johann., Chironomus sp., Simulium damnosum Theo., and S. venustum Say. Nematodes were melanized and died after they entered fourth-stage larvae of 2 chironomid species, but no host reaction was evident after entry into fourth-stage blackfly larvae. In contrast, the nematodes initiated development in the latter hosts, which died before the nematodes completed their development.</p>