Heterorhabditis safricana n. sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa

Nematology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-396

  Malan, Antoinette P ^a   Nguyen, Khuong B ^b   De Waal, Jeanne Y ^a   Tiedt, Louwrence ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Description; ITS rDNA; Molecular; Morphology; Morphometrics; Phylogeny; SEM; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BAIT; DNA; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; HERMAPHRODITE; JUVENILE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; ORCHARD; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPICULE; TAXONOMY; TRAPPING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS MARELATUS; HETERORHABDITIS MEXICANA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; PRUNUS PERSICA; RHABDITIDA;

EID: 40949157623     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 15685411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854108783900258     Document Type: Article

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