Title | Nematode (Nematoda : Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha : Chordodidae) parasites in Early Cretaceous amber |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Poinar, GO, Buckley, R |
Journal | Journal of Invertebrate Pathology |
Volume | 93 |
Pagination | 36-41 |
Type of Article | Journal Article |
ISSN | 0022-2011 |
Abstract | The present report describes a mermithid nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and a gordiid hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber dated at 100-110 million years. The mermithid, Cretacimermis protus sp. n., is emerging from a biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) while the hairworm, Cretachordodes burmitis, gen. n., sp. n. had already emerged from its host. These rare specimens represent the first fossil mermithid parasite of a ceratopogonid midge and second oldest described nematode and the earliest known and only Mesozoic fossil of the phylum Nematomorpha. A list of previously described fossil mermithids is included. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
URL | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000240323100005 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jip.2006.04.006 |