PSAMMOMERMIS SERICESTHIDIS N. SP. (NEMATODA, MERMITHIDAE), A PARASITOID OF PASTURE FEEDING SCARAB LARVAE (COLEOPTERA, SCARABAEIDAE) IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA

Authors
BAKER GL POINAR GO CAMPBELL AJ
Citation
Gl. Baker et al., PSAMMOMERMIS SERICESTHIDIS N. SP. (NEMATODA, MERMITHIDAE), A PARASITOID OF PASTURE FEEDING SCARAB LARVAE (COLEOPTERA, SCARABAEIDAE) IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA, Fundamental and applied nematology, 20(6), 1997, pp. 571-580
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Fundamental and applied nematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
11645571
Volume
20
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
571 - 580
Database
ISI
SICI code
1164-5571(1997)20:6<571:PSNS(M>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Psammomermis sericesthidis n. sp. is a parasitoid of the larvae of the beetles Sericesthis geminata Boisduval and Sericesthis nigrolineata ( Boisduval) (Melolonthinae), Dasygnathus sp., Anoplognathus sp. (Ruteli nae), Heteronyx sp. and Anamalomorpha sp. (Dynastinae) in the tablelan ds of the south-eastern part of Australia. P. sericesthidis n. sp. can be distinguished from all other described species of Psammomermis, ex cept P. acricephala Ipatjeva & Pimenova 1985, in possessing a single c ephalic hypodermal peg. P. sericesthidis n. sp. differs from P. acrice phala in the shape of the head, size and position of the amphids, and considerably greater body length.