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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Entry Number: 1164

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Reesimermis muspratti
Host
Aedes sp. (Abdominal haemocoele or thorax*) in/on Insect
Origin
Zambia Livingston (elevation 3000 ft., collected from tree-holes, part. from Ricinodendron rautanenii, Mungongo or Mwangwamui tree, 1945-1965.) (Cultured in Liverpool, England by W. W. MacDonald & collected 2/8/73.)
Collector
J. Muspratt via W. W. MacDonald
Date Collected
1973 Feb 03
Date Received
1973 Feb 26
Slides
T-1653p, T-1654p, T-1655p, T-1656p, T-1657p, T-1658p, T-1659p, T-1660p (Paratypes)
Author
B. A. Obiamiwe & W. W. MacDonald
Reference
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology (1973) 67 (4): 439-444.
Remarks
Other Host: Culex sp. *Less often in thorax.