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...