USDA Nematode Collection was established in June 1960 By A. Morgan Golden. It is currently directed and curated by Dr. Benjamin Waldo with technical support from Steve Rogers. It is one of the largest and most valuable nematode collections in existence with over 49,200 permanent slides and vials, and a total repository of nematode specimens reaching several million. It includes over 1900 type specimens, and the valuable and irreplaceable collections of Cobb-Steiner, Thorne, and others. Nematodes from worldwide and domestic sources are represented in the collection. The Collection and database provide important information for reference purposes and taxonomic research by U.S. and foreign scientists and a permanent repository for type and other specimens. This website provides a portal to search those specimens that have been cataloged to date and provides data on nematode hosts, occurrence, and distribution.
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Nematode
Pratylenchus
sp.
Host
(Unknown Plant)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
Hong Kong
BCC
Collector
via S. Oakland
Date Collected
1972 Mar 31
Date Received
1973 Jul 13
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Tylenchorhynchus
crassicaudatus
Host
Senecio
sp.
(Senecio)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
Hong Kong
BCC
Collector
via R. T. Wion
Date Collected
1971 Oct 24
Date Received
1973 Jul 13
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Tylenchorhynchus
martini
Host
Ficus
lyrata
(Fig (fiddler leaf))
in/on Root
Origin
Mexico
Hermosillo, Son.
Collector
via G. Ehni & J. Kaiser
Date Collected
1972 Mar 27
Date Received
1973 Jul 13
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Tylenchus
sp.
Host
(Unknown Plant)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
Hong Kong
BCC
Collector
via S. Oakland
Date Collected
1972 Mar 31
Date Received
1973 Jul 13
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Heterodera
cacti
Host
Zygocactus
truncatus
(Cactus (Christmas))
in/on Soil
Origin
USA
New York
Collector
via I. Granek
Date Received
1973 Jul 20
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Hexamermis
sp. (possibly arvalis)
Host
Hypera
postica
(Alfalfa Weevil)
in/on Insect
Origin
USA
West Virginia
Morgantown
Collector
via Thomas S. Gallo
Date Received
1973 Jul 27
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Mononchus
sp.
Host
(Unknown Host)
in/on Soil?
Origin
USA
South Carolina
Clemson
Collector
via Stephen Lewis
Date Received
1973 Sep 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Mononchus
sp.
Host
(Unknown Host)
in/on Soil?
Origin
USA
South Carolina
Clemson
Collector
via Stephen Lewis
Date Received
1973 Sep 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Scutellonema
sp.
Host
(Unknown Host)
in/on Soil?
Origin
USA
South Carolina
Clemson
Collector
via Stephen Lewis
Date Received
1973 Sep 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Trichodorus
sp.
Host
(Unknown Host)
in/on Soil?
Origin
USA
South Carolina
Clemson
Collector
via Stephen Lewis
Date Received
1972 Sep 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Trichodorus
sp.
Host
(Unknown Host)
in/on Soil?
Origin
USA
South Carolina
Clemson
Collector
via Stephen Lewis
Date Received
1973 Sep 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Trichodorus
sp.
Host
(Unknown Host)
in/on Soil?
Origin
USA
South Carolina
Clemson
Collector
via Stephen Lewis
Date Received
1973 Sep 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Unknown Nematode*
Host
(Unknown Host)
in/on Soil?
Origin
USA
South Carolina
Clemson
Collector
via Stephen Lewis
Date Received
1973 Sep 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Rhabditids
sp.
Host
(Fire Ant)
in/on Insect (in head glands)
Origin
Brazil
Entomology Department Piracicaba
Collector
via Roger Williams
Date Received
1975 Jan 15
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Rhabditids (Phoretic)
Host
Rhagoletis
pomonella
(Maggot (Apple))
in/on Insect (pupae)
Origin
USA
Vermont
Burlington
Collector
via Robert Desrosiers
Date Received
1975 Jan 15
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Thelastomidae
sp. (near cameronia)
Host
Scapteriscus
vicinus
(Cricket (Puerto Rican mole cricket))
in/on Insect
Origin
Puerto Rico
Collector
via S. M. Ulagarij
Date Collected
1972 Dec 05
Date Received
1974 Jan 21
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Mermithid
sp. (larval)
Host
(Insect)
in/on Insect
Origin
India
Chhattisgarh
Jagdalpur
Collector
via V. N. Saxepa
Date Received
1974 Jan 25
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Mermithid
sp. (larval)
Host
Haematopta
nocens
(Fly (Horse Fly))
in/on Insect
Origin
Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Rekomitjic
Collector
R. J. Phelps via Marshall Laird (Newfoundland)
Date Received
1974 Feb 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Unknown Nematode*
Host
Vitacea
polistiformis
(Grape root borer)
in/on Insect (dead larvae)
Origin
USA
Georgia
In vineyard near Gainesville
Collector
via John All (Athens, GA)
Date Collected
1974 May 30
Date Received
1975 Feb 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Acanthocephalan
sp.
Host
Hybomitra
sonomensis
(Tabanid)
in/on Insect
Origin
USA
Arizona
Flagstaff
Collector
J. F. Burgar via Dan Harlen (Stoneville, Miss.)
Date Collected
1970
Date Received
1974 Feb 11
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Mermithid
n. sp.
Host
Culicoides
guttipennis
(Fly)
in/on Insect (from tree hole)
Origin
USA
Georgia
Athens (University of Georgia)
Collector
via H. S. Ah
Date Collected
1966 Nov 01
Date Received
1974 Feb 14
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Mononchoides
sp.
Host
Chinonea
sp.
(Fly (Tipulidae))
in/on Insect
Origin
USA
California
Collector
via Dubbin
Date Received
1974 Feb 15
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
No Nematodes
Host
Chionea
sp.
(Fly (Tipulidae))
in/on Insect
Origin
USA
California
Collector
via Durbin
Date Received
1974 Feb 15
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Phoretic Nematode
Host
Chionea
sp.
(Fly (Tipulidae))
in/on Insect
Origin
USA
California
Collector
via Durbin
Date Received
1974 Feb 15
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Plectus
sp.
Host
Chionea
sp.
(Fly (Tipulidae))
in/on Insect
Origin
USA
California
Collector
via Durbin
Date Received
1974 Feb 15
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded