Sep 2026
Description of Bursaphelenchus ponderosae n. sp. (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae), a bursaless species isolated from the mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
A new species of nematode associated with the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae , in British Columbia, Canada, is described. Adult beetles consistently carried juvenile dauer stages of the nematode on their exteriors, particularly under the elytra and on the hindwing. The nematodes reproduced successf...
Qing Yu, D. D. Furlonger, Gregory D. Smith et al.
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