New host and distribution for the mosquito parasite Strelkovimermis spiculatus

Strelkovimermis spiculatus, Poinar & Camino 1986 (Nematoda: Mermithidae) was found parasitizing some mosquito genera as Aedes (Ochlerotatus), Culex and Psorophora. In a mosquito distribution project in Buenos Aires, Argentina, we found nematodes infecting mosquito larvae in natural breeding site...

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Published inRevista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina Vol. 75; no. 1-2
Main Authors LOPEZ, Rocio P, DÍAZ-NIETO, Leonardo M, BERÓN, Corina M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published La Plata Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 01.01.2016
Subjects
Aquatic insects
Breeding sites
Culex eduardoi
Diagnostic systems
Larvae
Mosquitoes
Nematodes
Parasitoids
rRNA 18S
rRNA 28S
rRNA 5.8S
Strelkovimermis spiculatus
Buenos Aires Argentina
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Summary:Strelkovimermis spiculatus, Poinar & Camino 1986 (Nematoda: Mermithidae) was found parasitizing some mosquito genera as Aedes (Ochlerotatus), Culex and Psorophora. In a mosquito distribution project in Buenos Aires, Argentina, we found nematodes infecting mosquito larvae in natural breeding sites in the outskirts of Mar del Plata city. The aim of this work was to identify this parasite in this distribution area and determine the mosquito species host. COI and 18S rRNAITS1- 5.8S rRNA-ITS2-28S rRNA fragment genes were described and were used for molecular identification of this nematode, confirming the morphological diagnostic traits. In this report, a new host of S. spiculatus, the mosquito larvae of Culex eduardoi was detected, expanding its southeastern distribution.
ISSN:0373-5680
1851-7471