Paleochordodes protus n.g., n.sp. (Nematomorpha, Chordodidae), parasites of a fossil cockroach, with a critical examination of other fossil hairworms and helminths of extant cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-115

  Poinar Jr , George ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; CHORDODIDAE; INSECTA; MERMITHIDAE; MYA; NEMATOMORPHA; VERMES;

EID: 0033416145     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227053     Document Type: Article

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