Hystrignathus dearmasi sp. n. (Oxyurida, Hystrignathidae), first record of a nematode parasitizing a Panamanian Passalidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)

Hystrignathus dearmasi sp. n. (Oxyurida: Hystrignathidae) is described from an unidentified passalid beetle (Coleoptera: Passalidae) from Panama. It resembles Hystrignathus cobbi Travassos & Kloss, 1957 from Brazil, by having a similar form of the cephalic end, extension of cervical spines and a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Morffe, Jans, García, Nayla
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088337/