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SIMULIIDAE (DIPTERA) OF RENDALEN, NORWAY: III. FEMALES OF THE EUSIMULIUM RENDALENSE COMPLEX INFECTED WITH MERMITHIDS (NEMATODA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Victor I. Golini
Victor I. Golini
Affiliation:
Great Lakes Biolimnology Laboratory, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario
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Abstract

One female of Eusimulium rendalense Golini and three of E. fallisi Golini, among nearly 470 simuliids captured from Anas boschas L. in Norway, were found naturally infected with mermithid nematodes Two of these infected flies had fully fed on avian blood. The nematodes may be a species of the Gastromermis boophthorae complex Welch and Rubzov.

Résumé

Un femelle du Eusimulium rendalense Golini et trois de E. fallisi Golini, parmi 470 simuliides capturées sur Anas boschas L. en Norvège, furent trouvée infectée avec nématodes de Mermithidae. Deux de ces mouches infectées s’étaient nouris entièrement de sang avien. Les nématodes sont probablement un espèce du complexe de Gastromermis boophthorae Welch et Rubzov.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 5 , May 1977 , pp. 755 - 758
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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