Improved Rearing Methods for Heleidomermis magnapapula (Nematoda: Mermithidae), a Larval Parasite of Culicoides variipennis sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 704-709

  Luhring, Katherine A ^a   Mullens, Bradley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culicoides variipennis sonorensis; Environmental sex determination; Heleidomermis magnapapula; Host parasite interactions; Mermithidae; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; DIPTERA; HELEIDOMERMIS; HELEIDOMERMIS MAGNAPAPULA; MERMITHIDAE; NEMATODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MALE; MERMITHOIDEA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLD; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSEMINATION; LARVA; MALE; MERMITHOIDEA;

EID: 0031264991     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.6.704     Document Type: Article

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