Myrmeconema neotropicum n. g., n. sp., a new tetradonematid nematode parasitising South American populations of Cephalotes atratus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with the discovery of an apparent parasite-induced host morph

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-153

  Poinar Jr , George ^a   Yanoviak, Stephen P ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PANAMA; PARASITOLOGY; PERU;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PANAMA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PERU; PUPA;

CEPHALOTES ATRATUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; NEMATODA; TETRADONEMATIDAE;

EID: 36448969776     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-007-9125-3     Document Type: Article

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