- Source: Heterorhabditis
Heterorhabditis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the order Rhabditida. All species of this genus are obligate parasites of insects, and some are used as biological control agents for the control of pest insects.
Heterorhabditis nematodes are hosts for the Photorhabdus bacterial symbiont.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
Heterorhabditis amazonensis Andaló, Nguyen & Moino, 2007
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar, 1976
Heterorhabditis baujardi Phan, Subbotin, Nguyen & Moens, 2003
Heterorhabditis downesi Stock, Griffin & Burnell, 2002
Heterorhabditis floridensis Nguyen, Gozel, Koppenhöfer & Adams, 2006
Heterorhabditis georgiana Nguyen, Shapiro-Ilan and Mbata, 2008
Heterorhabditis heliothidis (Khan, Brooks & Hirschmann, 1976)
Heterorhabditis indica Poinar, Karunakar & David, 1992
Heterorhabditis marelatus Liu & Berry, 1996
Heterorhabditis megidis Poinar, Jackson & Klein, 1987
Heterorhabditis mexicana Nguyen, Shapiro-Ilan, Stuart, McCoy, James & Adams, 2004
Heterorhabditis safricana Malan, Nguyen, de Waal and Tiedt, 2008
Heterorhabditis taysearae Shamseldean, El-Sooud, Abd-Elgawad & Saleh, 1996
Heterorhabditis zealandica Poinar, 1990
References
External links
Entomopathogenic nematodes on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kumbang sagu
- Heterorhabditis
- Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
- Heterorhabditis megidis
- Heterorhabditis indica
- Heterorhabditis heliothidis
- Heterorhabditis zealandica
- Providencia rettgeri
- Tapinarof
- Entomopathogenic nematode
- Nematode