Rev: 10/24/2024
The genus includes some of the earliest fossil mermithids, including Heleidomermis libani, discovered in Lebanese amber coiled in the abdomenof its fossilized insect host, an adult biting midge.
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Described from the abdomen of its fossilized insect host, an adult biting midge (Diptera) in Lebanese amber (early Cretaceous, about 120-135 million years ago) (Poinar et al., 1994).
Parasites of biting midges, Culicoides.
Population regulation of mosquitoes and other host species.
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Lee, D.L. 2002. Life cycles. Pp 61-72 in Lee, D.L. (ed.). The Biology of Nematodes.Taylor and Francis, London and NY. 635p.
Poinar, G.O. 1983. The Natural History of Nematodes. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs. 323p.
Poinar, G.O., Acra, A., Acra, F. 1994. Earliest fossil nematode (Mermithidae) in cretaceous Lebanese amber. Fundam. appl. Nematology 17:475-477.
Rubzov, I.A. 1970. [A new species and genus of mermithids from biting midges] In Novye I maloizvestnye vide foemyi Sibiri ,SO izd. Nauka, Novosibirsk 3:94-101
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