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?Plectonchus sp.
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CGC strain code:
PDL0025
Pictures:
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lip region.
Other codes:
WCUG9, JB-033
Locality:
Found beneath bark of a deceased elm sapling infested by Scolytus scolytus
and S. multistriatus in Harpenden, UK. Collected by David Hunt in
November 1995.
Classification:
Secernentea - Rhabditida - Cephalobina - Panagrolaimoidea - Panagrolaimidae
Culture conditions:
Xenic: E. coli on 1% pure agar + 5 µg/ml cholesterol. Other
bacteria hare not been removed. Keep at 16C to room temperature.
Long-term storage:
Freezing was not attempted.
Availability:
Freely available on agar.
Description:
In prep.
Identification:
Paul De Ley.
Note:
Males common. Females with offset spermatheca as in Cephalobidae, stoma
with rather long stegostom (contrary to Andrassy, 1984 but in agreement
with Fuchs, 1930)
Last Updated: 27 March 1998