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Howardula dominicki n. sp. Infesting the Tobacco Flea Bettle in North Carolina |
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| Authors: | K D Elsey |
| Abstract: | Howardula dominicki n. sp. is described from specimens collected from the tobacco flea beetle, Epitrix hirtipennis (Melsheimer), at Oxford, North Carolina , and is distinguished from other members of the genus . Parasitism by H. dominicki sterilized female flea beetles and often led to the death of larvae. |
| Keywords: | Allantonematidae entomogenons nematode taxonomy |