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Entry Number: 1199

Disposition of Sample

Specimens to USDANC (Type)

Nematode

Zeldia neoacuta

Host

Dioscorea sp. (Yam) in/on Soil

Origin

Nigeria 5 1/2 mile NE of Gboko township & 52 miles W of Makurdi township, Benue Province

Collector

F. E. Caveness via E. M. Noffsinger

Date Collected

1964 Jul 22

Date Received

1972 Sep 22

Slides

T-1439p (Paratype) (1 female)

Author

M. W. Allen & E. M. Noffsinger

Reference

Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington (1972) 39 (2): 206-223.