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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Entry Number: 36083

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Bursaphelenchus rufipennis
Host
Dendroctonus rufipennis (Spruce Beetle) in/on Nematangia (wing pockets)
Origin
USA Alaska Kenai Peninula
Collector
via Natsumi Kanzaki (FFPRI)
Date Collected
2006 Apr
Date Received
2008 Jun 10
Slides
T-5760p, T-5761p, T-5762p, T-5763p
Author
Natsumi Kanzaki, Robin M. Giblin-Davis, Yasmin J. Cardoza, Weimin Ye, Kenneth F. Raffa, Barbara J. Center
Reference
Nematology (2008) 10(6):925-955
Remarks
Note: 4 paratype males. Cultures originally from dauer juveniles of B.rufipennis n. sp. isolated from nematangia (wing pocket, cocoon-like structure on hind wing) on adult D. rufipennis.