Two new species of the genus Amphimermis Kaburaki & Imamura, 1932 (Nematoda : Mermithidae) from Argentine grasshoppers (Orthoptera : Acrididae)

Fundamental and Applied Nematology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-242

  Camino, Nora B ^a   Lange, Carlos E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphimermis; Argentina; Grasshoppers; Nematodes; New species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030947465     PISSN: 11645571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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