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Entry Number: 2876

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Hydromermis viridis
Host
Endochironomus subtendens in/on Insect (June imagos)
Origin
USA Minnesota Lake Itasca, Clearwater Co.
Collector
via A. A. Johnson
Date Collected
1985 Aug
Date Received
1996 May 13
Slides
T-4583p & T-4584p (Paratypes, serial cross sections)
Vials
T-23t (Holotype-male & Allotype-female) & T-377p (3 male & 3 female Paratypes)
Author
Arthur A. Johnson & Maurice G. Kleve
Reference
The Journal of Parasitology (1997) 83 (1):131-136.
Remarks
Note: Specimens in vials fixed in Looss' soln or TAF & stored in 2 parts glycerol to 3 parts 70% EtOH. Some of spec stained in cotton blue (over five years ago). To view spec, pour contents in small lint free finger bowl & allow to evaporate overnight.