TY - JOUR
AU1 - Poinar, George O.
AB - A new species of fossil mermithid, Cretacimermis aphidophilus sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), is described from the primitive extinct aphid, Caulinus burmitis (Hemiptera: Burmitaphididae), in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Aphid parasitism by mermithid nematodes is rare today with only two known cases involving root-feeding aphids. Based on the habits of the parasitised extant aphid hosts, it is likely that the fossil aphid was also a root parasite and encountered the infective stage mermithid in the soil. Such fossils provide rare glimpses of nematode-host associations from the distant past and provide minimum dates for the appearance of specific mermithid clades.
TI - A mermithid nematode, Cretacimermis aphidophilus sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), parasitising an aphid (Hemiptera: Burmitaphididae) in Myanmar amber: a 100 million year association
JF - Nematology
DO - 10.1163/15685411-00003063
DA - 2017-03-31
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/a-mermithid-nematode-cretacimermis-aphidophilus-sp-n-nematoda-zODfSpgzN1
SP - 1
EP - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -