Diplogastrellus metamasius n. sp. (Rhabditida: Diplogastridae) isolated from Metamasius hemipterus (L.) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in southern Florida and Costa Rica

• Published in: Nematology : international journal of fundamental and applied nematological research Vol. 10; no. 6; pp. 853 - 868
• Main Authors: Kanzaki, Natsumi, Giblin-Davis, Robin, Zeng, Yongsan, Ye, Weimin, Center, Barbara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Netherlands Brill 01.01.2008; BRILL
• Subjects: Butlerius; Coleoptera; Metamasius hemipterus; MOLECULAR; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEW SPECIES; Paroigolaimella; PHORESY; Rhabditida; Rhabditidae; SEM; TAXONOMY

Abstract Diplogastrellus metamasius n. sp. (Rhabditidae) was cultured from dauer juveniles recovered during dissections of the West Indian sugarcane weevil, Metamasius hemipterus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), from southern Florida and Costa Rica. Morphological studies of these two isolates with ligh...