Chaetonyx robustus (Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) – new natural host of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae)

Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar, 1976 was isolated from single larva of Chaetonyx robustus Schaum, 1862 (Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) from soil of a riverside habitat near town of Zemen, SW Bulgaria. Insects from the subfamily Orphninae are reported for the first time as natural hosts of heterorhab...

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Main Author: DENIS GRADINAROV
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: Plovdiv University 2014-10-01
Series:ZooNotes
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Online Access:http://www.zoonotes.bio.uni-plovdiv.bg/ZooNotes_2014/ZooNotes%2057_2014_Gradinarov.pdf