Rev 05/23/2022
Chromadorea
Rhabditia
Rhabditida
Rhabditoidea
Rhabditidae
A genus of nematodes having parasitic or phoretic relationships with bark beetles of the Cerambycidae.
Males:
Species within Parasitorhabditis have among the most variable male tail ray patterns of genera of Rhabditida (Carta et al., 2020; Sudhaus and Fitch, 2001).
Female:
Associates of bark beetles, perhaps phoretic, perhaps necronemic. Have been cultured from juveniles to adults on malt agar, or on water or potato-dextrose agar sdupporting fungi (Carta et al., 2010).
Carta, L.K., Bauchan, G., Hsu,C-Y,. Yuceer, C. 2010. Description of Parasitorhabditis frontali n. sp. (Nemata: Rhabditida) from Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). J. Nematology 42:46-54
Sudhaus, W., Fitch, D. 2001. Comparative studies on the phylogeny and systematics of Rhabditidae (Nematoda). J. Nematology 33:1-70.
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