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NEW RECORDS OF HEXAMERMIS (NEMATODA: MERMITHIDAE) PARASITIZING THREE SPECIES OF SLATEROCORIS (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. G. Reid
D. G. Reid
Affiliation:
Biology Department, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
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The parasitic juveniles of mermithid nematodes attack a variety of hosts from 15 insect orders (Welch 1963, 1965). Little is known of the extent to which they are parasites of Miridae. Menzel (1922) and Cobb et al. (1927) recorded parasitism of the bug Helopeltis theivora Waterh. by Mermis sp. and by Agamermis paradecauta Steiner, respectively. A related mirid, H. antonii Sign., was reported parasitized by Mermis sp. (Menzel 1922), and by A. paradecauta and Hexamermis microamphidis Steiner (Steiner 1925). Recently King (1969) found that the mirids Sahlbergella singularis (Hagl.) and Distantiella theobroma (Dist.) were hosts of the genus Mermis Dujardin.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 3 , March 1974 , pp. 239
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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