Abstract
A clarification of the taxonomic position of the family Neoaplectanidae is presented and the description is emended. The diagnosis of the following twelve nominal species are emended from type material and original descriptions to reflect the taxonomic significance of the male copulatory structures: N. glaseri (Steiner, 1929), N. menozzii (Travassos, 1931), N. feltiae (Filipjev, 1934), N. bibionis (Bovien, 1937), N. affinis (Bovien, 1937), N. chresima (Steiner in Glaser, McCoy and Girth, 1942), N. leucaniae (Hoy, 1954), N. carpocapsae (Weiser, 1955), N. janickii (Weiser and Kohler, 1955), N. bothynoderi (Kirjanova and Puchkova, 1955), N. melolontha (Weiser, 1958), N. georgica (Kakulia and Veremchuk, 1965). In addition, one new species is proposed. A key to the species and illustrations are presented. Neoaplectana glaseri was reared in the laboratory on dextrose-agar slants and sterile rabbit kidney and used as an inoculum in tests for control of several insect pests under laboratory and simulated field conditions apparently ideal for the nematode. The rice water weevil, fall armyworm, sugarcane borer, imported fire ant, cucumber beetle and the white grub were tested for susceptibility to parasitism by this nematode. The results of these tests are given.
Turco, Charles Paul (1969). The taxonomic status and comparative morphology of species of the genus Neoaplectana Steiner (nematoda: Neoaplectanidae) and the susceptibility of various insect pests to Neoaplectana glaseri Steiner, 1929. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
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