Asilidae (Diptera: Brachycera) – natural hosts of Steinernema feltiae (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) at the Zemen Gorge region

Invaded with entomopathogenic nematode S. feltiae (Filipjev, 1934) larva from family Asilidae was found in an alluvial soil of riverside forest in the region of Zemen Gorge, SW Bulgaria. It is the first record of Asilidae as natural hosts of S. feltiae. It seems that insects from the family Asilidae...

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Main Author: Denis Gradinarov
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: Plovdiv University 2012-10-01
Series:ZooNotes
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Online Access:http://nature.uni-plovdiv.bg/uploads/bechev/zoonotes/ZooNotes_2012/Zoonotes_34_2012_Gradinarov.pdf