Comparison of Susceptibility of Acromyrmex octospinosus Reich (Attini, Formicidae) to Two Insect Parasitic Nematodes of the Genera heterorhabditis and neoaplectana (Rhabditina, Nematoda)

doi:10.1201/9780429043109-72

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Comparison of Susceptibility of Acromyrmex octospinosus Reich (Attini, Formicidae) to Two Insect Parasitic Nematodes of the Genera heterorhabditis and neoaplectana (Rhabditina, Nematoda)

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ABSTRACT

More than 240 years ago, Gould (1747) observed the first nematode parasitizing an ant. Since then, numerous nematodes have been studied in relation to Hymenoptera (Bedding 1984). Generally, mermithids and simple phoretic (or even inquiline) rhabditid worms have been described.