A new species of Heterorhabditis from the Hawaiian islands

• Published in: The Journal of parasitology Vol. 80; no. 1; pp. 100 - 106
• Main Authors: Gardner, S.L, Stock, S.P, Kaya, H.K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence, KS American Society of Parasitologists 01-02-1994
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Biological taxonomies; DNA; DNA - analysis; ENTOMOPHILIC NEMATODES; ESPECE NOUVELLE; ESPECIES NUEVAS; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gels; Genetic polymorphism; Genetic Variation; HAWAI; HAWAII; HETERORHABDITIS; Insect genetics; INSECT NEMATODES; Insect pathology; Insecta; Invertebrates; Male; Nemathelminthia. Plathelmintha; NEMATODE ENTOMOPATHOGENE; Nematode larvae; Nematodes; NEMATODOS DE INSECTOS; Nematology; NEW SPECIES; Pest Control, Biological; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Polymorphism, Genetic; Rhabditoidea - anatomy & histology; Rhabditoidea - classification; Rhabditoidea - genetics; Soil; Systematics-Phylogenetics; Systematics. Geographical distribution; Hawaii; Polynesia; Oceania; Entomopathogen; Taxonomy; Insecta; Diagnosis (taxonomy); Parasite; Galleria mellonella; Pyralidae; Pest; Arthropoda; Morphology; Lepidoptera; Helmintha; Nemathelminthia; New species; Invertebrata; Nematoda
• ISSN: 0022-3395; 1937-2345
• DOI: 10.2307/3283352

A new species of nematode of the genus Heterorhabditis (Nemata: Heterorhabditidae) was found during a survey of the soil entomopathogenic nematode fauna of the Hawaiian Islands. Heterorhabditis hawaiiensis sp. n. can be separated from all other species of Heterorhabditis by the length of the infective juvenile and the morphological characters of the spicules, gubernaculum, and bursa. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fragment analysis showed that this species also has a distinct genetic pattern in RAPD bands relative to the other 6 species or isolates of Heterorhabditis that were compared.