Nematode Parasites and Associates of Ants: Past and Present
Ants can serve as developmental, definitive, intermediate, or carrier hosts of a variety of nematodes. Parasitic ant nematodes include members of the families Mermithidae, Tetradonematidae, Allantonematidae, Seuratidae, Physalopteridae, Steinernematidae, and Heterorhabditidae. Those nematodes that a...
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| description | Ants can serve as developmental, definitive, intermediate, or carrier hosts of a variety of nematodes. Parasitic ant nematodes include members of the families Mermithidae, Tetradonematidae, Allantonematidae, Seuratidae, Physalopteridae, Steinernematidae, and Heterorhabditidae. Those nematodes that are phoretically associated with ants, internally or externally, are represented by the Rhabditidae, Diplogastridae, and Panagrolaimidae. Fossils of mermithids, tetradonematids, allantonematids, and diplogastrids associated with ants show the evolutionary history of these relationships, some of which date back to the Eocene (40 mya). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fd9dac2ffc304ca3b825a2fbe3669c382025-08-20T03:25:27ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74382012-01-01201210.1155/2012/192017192017Nematode Parasites and Associates of Ants: Past and PresentGeorge Poinar0Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USAAnts can serve as developmental, definitive, intermediate, or carrier hosts of a variety of nematodes. Parasitic ant nematodes include members of the families Mermithidae, Tetradonematidae, Allantonematidae, Seuratidae, Physalopteridae, Steinernematidae, and Heterorhabditidae. Those nematodes that are phoretically associated with ants, internally or externally, are represented by the Rhabditidae, Diplogastridae, and Panagrolaimidae. Fossils of mermithids, tetradonematids, allantonematids, and diplogastrids associated with ants show the evolutionary history of these relationships, some of which date back to the Eocene (40 mya).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/192017 |
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| title | Nematode Parasites and Associates of Ants: Past and Present |
| title_full | Nematode Parasites and Associates of Ants: Past and Present |
| title_fullStr | Nematode Parasites and Associates of Ants: Past and Present |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nematode Parasites and Associates of Ants: Past and Present |
| title_short | Nematode Parasites and Associates of Ants: Past and Present |
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