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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Entry Number: 34769

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Elaeolenchus parthenonema
Host
Elaeidobius kamerunicus (Oil palm weevil*) in/on Insect
Origin
Malaysia
Collector
via George Poinar Jr.
Date Received
2003 Jan 08
Slides
T-546t (Holotype mature parthenogen) & T-547t (Allotype infective parthenogen)
Author
G. O. Poinar Jr., Jr., T. A. Jackson, N. L. Bell & M. B. Wahid
Reference
Systematic Parasitology (2002) 52(3):219-225.
Remarks
Note: Nematode is an endoparasite. *Oil palm weevil was introduced into Malaysia to improve pollination of the exotic oil palm, Elaeis guineensis.