Agamermis (Nematoda: Mermithidae) Infection in South Carolina Agricultural Pests.

ABSTRACT: Native and invasive stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and the closely related invasive Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) are agricultural pests in the southeastern United States. Natural enemies, from various phyla, parasitize these pests and contribute to population regulation. We specifically investigated Nematoda infections in pentatomid and plataspid pests in one soybean field in South Carolina in 2015. Nematodes were identified through molecular and morphological methods and assigned to family Mermithidae, genus Agamermis. This study reports mermithid nematode infection in immature M. cribraria for the first time and provides the first mermithid host record for the stink bugs Chinavia hilaris, Euschistus servus, and another Euschistu

SUBMITTER: Stubbins FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5247333 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature