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Entry Number: 34856

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Meximermis ectatommi
Host
Ectatomma ruidum (Ants) in/on Insect
Origin
Mexico Collected from 14 ant nests in a cacao plantation at 238 m, Tuxtla Chico, Chiapas, Southern Mexico
Collector
via George Poinar
Date Collected
2004 Jun
Date Received
2006 Mar 13
Slides
T-583t (Holotype female) & T-584t (Allotype male)
Author
George Poinar, Jr., Jean-Paul Lachaud, Alfredo Castillo & Francisco Infante
Reference
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (2006) 91:19-26.