First fossil record of nematode parasitism of ants; a 40 million year tale

Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 457-459

  Poinar Jr , G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant parasitism; Baltic amber; Fossil Mermithidae

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; EOCENE; FOSSIL; HEYDENIUS FORMICINUS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MERMITHOIDEA; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBER; ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; FORMICIDAE; MERMITHIDA; MERMITHIDAE; MERMITHOIDEA; MYRMECOPHILA; NEMATODA; PRENOLEPIS; PRENOLEPIS HENSCHEI;

EID: 0036855090     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002002287     Document Type: Article

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