LIFE CYCLE OF PELLIODITIS PELLIO (SCHNEIDER)(NEMATODA: RHABDITIDAE) A PARASITE OF SCAPTIA (SCAPTIA) LATA (GUERIN-MENEVILLE) LARVAE (DIPTERA: TABANIDAE)
CICLO DE VIDA DE PELLIODITIS PELLIO (SCHNEIDER)(NEMATODA: RHABDITIDAE) PARASITO DE LARVAS DE SCAPTIA (SCAPTIA) LATA (GUERIN-MENEVILLE)(DIPTERA: TABANIDAE)
Author
Camino, Nora B.
Stock, Patricia S.
Abstract
Pellioditis pellio (Schneider)(Rhabditidae: Nematoda) was found for first time to Science, parasitizing tabanid larvae Scaptia (Scaptia) lata (Guerin-Meneville), in the lake sides of Puyehue lake in Osorno, Chile.The life cycle of this nematode was studied in Gallería mellonella larvae and also corroborated in its natural host.