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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Entry Number: 34658

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Steinernema weiseri
Host
Malus sp. (Apple tree) in/on Soil
Origin
Czech Republic Roadside at the village of Kaliste near Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Collector
via D. Sturhan via Andrea Skantar
Date Collected
1999, Mar
Date Received
2002 Jun 18
Slides
T-5059p, T-5060p (Paratypes)
Author
Z. Mracek, D. Sturhan & A. Reid
Reference
Systematic Parasitology (2003) 56 (1): 37-47.
Remarks
Note: The type population was recovered by using Galleria mellonella larvae as bait from a soil sample under an apple tree where an hibernating aggregation of sciarid fly larvae was found. The natural host is unknown.