Heterorhabditis
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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, 2007Andaló, V., K.B. Nguyen and A. Moino (2007) "Heterorhabditis amazonensis n. sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) from Amazonas, Brazil." Nematology 8(6):853-867.
- Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar, 1976Poinar, G.O. Jr. (1976) "Description and biology of a new insect parasitic rhabditoid, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora n. gen., n. sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae n. fam.)." Nematologica 21(4):463-470.
- Heterorhabditis baujardi Phan, Subbotin, Nguyen & Moens, 2003Phan, K.L., S.A. Subbotin, N.C. Nguyen and M. Moens (2003) "Heterorhabditis baujardi sp.n. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) from Vietnam and morphometric data for H. indica populations." Nematology 5(3):367-382.
- Heterorhabditis downesi Stock, Griffin & Burnell, 2002Stock, S.P., C.T. Griffin and A.M. Burnell (2002) "Morphological characterisation of three isolates of Heterorhabditis Poinar, 1976 from the 'Irish group' (Nematoda: Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) and additional evidence supporting their recognition as a distinct species, H. downesi n. sp." Systematic Parasitology 51(2):95-106.
- Heterorhabditis floridensis Nguyen, Gozel, Koppenhöfer & Adams, 2006Nguyen, K.B., U. Gozel, H.S. Koppenhöfer and B.J. Adams (2006) "Heterorhabditis floridensis n. sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) from Florida." Zootaxa 1177:1-19.
- Heterorhabditis georgiana Nguyen, Shapiro-Ilan and Mbata, 2008Nguyen, K.B., D.I. Shapiro-Ilan and G.N.M. Mbata (2008) "Heterorhabditis georgiana n.sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) from Georgia, USA." Nematology 10(3):433-448.
- Heterorhabditis heliothidis (Khan, Brooks & Hirschmann, 1976)
- Heterorhabditis indica Poinar, Karunakar & David, 1992Poinar, G.O., Jr., G.K. Karunakar and H. David (1992) "Heterorhabditis indicus n. sp. (Rhabditida: Nematoda) from India: Separation of Heterorhabditis spp. by infective juveniles." Fundamental and Applied Nematology 15(5):467-472.
- Heterorhabditis marelatus Liu & Berry, 1996Liu, J. and R.E. Berry (1996) "Heterorhabditidis marelatus n. sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) from Oregon." Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 67(1):48-54.
- Heterorhabditis megidis Poinar, Jackson & Klein, 1987Poinar, G.O., Jr., T. Jackson and M. Klein (1987) "Heterorhabditis megidis sp. n. (Heterorhabditidae: Rhabditida) parasitic in the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera), in Ohio." Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 54(1):53-59.
- Heterorhabditis mexicana Nguyen, Shapiro-Ilan, Stuart, McCoy, James & Adams, 2004Nguyen, K.B., D.I. Shapiro-Ilan, R.J. Stuart, C.W. McCoy, R.J. James and B.J. Adams (2004) "Heterorhabditis mexicana n. sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) from Tamaulipas, Mexico, and morphological studies of the bursa of Heterorhabditis spp." Nematology 6(2):231-244.
- Heterorhabditis safricana Malan, Nguyen, de Waal and Tiedt, 2008Malan A.P., K.B. Nguyen, J.Y. de Waal and L. Tiedt (2008) "Heterorhabditis safricana n.sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa." Nematology 10(3):381-396.
- Heterorhabditis taysearae Shamseldean, El-Sooud, Abd-Elgawad & Saleh, 1996Shamseldean, M.M., A.B. Abou El-Sooud, M.M. Abd-Elgawad, and M.M. Saleh (1996) Identification of a new heterorhabditid species from Egypt, Heterorhabditis taysearae n. sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae)." Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 6(2):129-138.
- Heterorhabditis zealandica Poinar, 1990Poinar, G.O., Jr. (1990) "Taxonomy and biology of Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae." In: R. Gaugler and H.K. Kaya (eds) "Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Biological Control." CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, pp. 23-60.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190520122753/http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/Creatures/nematode/entomopathogenic_nematode.htm Entomopathogenic nematodes] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website.
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