Records of mosquito-parasitic mermithid nematodes in the northcentral United States.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1993

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

338-343

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Blackmore MS.Berry RL.Foster WA.Walker ED.Wilmot TR.Craig GB Jr.

 

Abstract

Mermithid parasites (Nematoda: Mermithidae) were observed in 11 mosquito species in 22 counties of Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Natural hosts included adult Aedes vexans, Ae. canadensis, Ae. cinereus, Ae. diantaeus, Ae. punctor, Anopheles punctipennis and Coquillettidia perturbans and larvae of Ae. abserratus, Ae. canadensis, Ae. cinereus, Ae. communis, Ae. diantaeus, Ae. provocans, Ae. punctor, Ae. stimulans and Cq. perturbans. These are the first records of such parasites in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Notes

Author(s) - Blackmore MS.Berry RL.Foster WA.Walker ED.Wilmot TR.Craig GB Jr.