Heterorhabditis hepialius stock, strong & gardner, 1996 a junior synonym of H. marelatus Liu & Berry, 1996 (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) with a redescription of the species

Nematologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 455-463

  Stock, S Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross breeding; Morphology; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS HEPIALUS; HETERORHABDITIS MARELATUS; RHABDITIDA;

EID: 0031435322     PISSN: 00282596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/005125997X00057     Document Type: Article

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