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1 June 2012 New Records of Nematomorph Parasites (Nematomorpha: Gordiida) of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Camel Crickets (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) In Washington State
Chris Looney, Ben Hanelt, Richard S. Zack
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Abstract

From 1998 to 2003, beetles and crickets infected with hairworms were collected from 4 localities within the Hanford Nuclear Site and the Hanford Reach National Monument, located in a shrub-steppe region of Washington State along the Columbia River. Infected hosts comprised 6 species of carabid beetles within 5 genera and 2 camel crickets within 1 genus; all are newly documented insect–nematomorph associations. A large proportion of the infected hosts (48%) were collected from a single site during a single collecting period. Of the 38 infected hosts, 32 contained a single worm, 4 hosts contained 2 worms, and 2 hosts contained 3 worms. Five of the hosts with multiple infections contained at least 1 male and 1 female worm. Camel crickets were infected with Neochordodes occidentalis while carabids were infected with an undescribed species of Gordionus. As the majority of hairworms are collected in the post-parasitic adult phase, host data and hairworm–arthropod associations remain poorly documented and our work adds new data to this area of nematomorph biology.

American Society of Parasitologists
Chris Looney, Ben Hanelt, and Richard S. Zack "New Records of Nematomorph Parasites (Nematomorpha: Gordiida) of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Camel Crickets (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) In Washington State," Journal of Parasitology 98(3), 554-559, (1 June 2012). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2929.1
Received: 25 July 2011; Accepted: 1 December 2011; Published: 1 June 2012
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