Indian Journal of Nematology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue: 2

New Records of Rhabditid Nematodes in Frass of Bark Beetles from India

  • Author:
  • Anjum N. Rizvi1, R.S. Bhandari2
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 181 to 185

1Zoological Survey of India, Northern Regional Station, Dehradun-248 195, Uttarakhand, India.

2Forest Research Institute (ICFRE), Forest Entomology Division, New Forest, Dehradun-248 006, India.

Abstract

Two rhabditid nematodes namely Bursilla vernalis Andrassy, 1982 & Pseudacrobelus (Pseudacrobelus) eurystoma (Andrassy, 1967) Abolafia et al., 2002, are recorded for the first time from frass of pine beetles in India. New range of measurements is provided for B. vernalis Andrassy, 1982 as the original description was based on a single male.

Keywords

Bursilla vernalis, Pseudacrobelus (Pseudacrobelus) eurystoma, frass, pine beetle