-
phylum Nematomorpha that have a
similar life
history and appearance.
Mermithids are parasites,
mainly of arthropods. Most are
known from insects, but...
- with nematodes,
particularly mermithid worms.
Unlike nematomorphs,
mermithids do not have a
terminal cloaca. Male
mermithids have one or two ****ules just...
-
clarus is
parasitized by the
Californian wasp
Aporinellus completus and by
mermithid nematodes. In an
experiment in 2006, P. clarus
showed promise for controlling...
- ISBN 978-0-12-385027-0. Vance,
Sarah A.; Peckarsky,
Barbara L. (1997). "The
effect of
mermithid parasitism on
predation of
nymphal Baetis bicaudatus (Ephemeroptera) by...
- moth eggs.
Other than
insect parasitoids, fungi, bacteria,
viruses and
mermithid nematodes are also used for
Integrated Pest
Management (IPM).
Split release...
- function.
Other sources suggest a
possible origin in
molecular mimicry.
Mermithid nematodes infect arthropods,
residing in
their haemocoel (circulatory...
-
Heydenius is a
collective group genus of
fossil mermithid nematodes from the
Tertiary period that
cannot be
placed in
extant genera. †H.
antiquus (von...
- G. O.; Wang, H.; Wang, B.; Luo, C. (2024). "First spider-parasitized
mermithid nematode from mid-Cretaceous
Kachin amber of
northern Myanmar". Cretaceous...
-
Cretacimermis is a
collective group genus of
fossil mermithid nematodes from the
Cretaceous that
cannot be
placed in
extant genera. Species: †Cretacimermis...
- the most
reliant on
bogong moths as a
source of food. Two
species of
mermithid nematodes parasitise the
bogong moth
during its aestivation: Amphimermis...
