HOWARDULA-NEOCOSMIS SP-N PARASITIZING NORTH-AMERICAN DROSOPHILA (DIPTERA, DROSOPHILIDAE) WITH A LISTING OF THE SPECIES OF HOWARDULA COBB, 1921 (TYLENCHIDA, ALLANTONEMATIDAE)

Authors
POINAR GO JAENIKE J SHOEMAKER DD
Citation
Go. Poinar et al., HOWARDULA-NEOCOSMIS SP-N PARASITIZING NORTH-AMERICAN DROSOPHILA (DIPTERA, DROSOPHILIDAE) WITH A LISTING OF THE SPECIES OF HOWARDULA COBB, 1921 (TYLENCHIDA, ALLANTONEMATIDAE), Fundamental and applied nematology, 21(5), 1998, pp. 547-552
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Fundamental and applied nematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
11645571
Volume
21
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
547 - 552
Database
ISI
SICI code
1164-5571(1998)21:5<547:HSPND(>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Howardula neocosmis sp. n. (Tylenchida: Allantonematidae) is described as a parasite of Drosophila acutilabella Stalker (Diptera: Drosophili dae) from Florida, USA and D. suboccidentalis Spencer from British Col umbia, Canada. These two strains represent the first described Howardu la from North American drosophilids. Notes on the biology of the paras ite and a list to the species of Howardula Cobb are presented. (C) Ors tom/Elsevier, Paris.