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Mermithoidea

Known as: Mermithid, Mermithids, Mermithoideas 
A superfamily of nematodes of the order ENOPLIDA. Characteristics include a reduced alimentary tract and the presence of a trophosome. Its organisms… 
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Wolbachia infection shared among planthoppers (Homoptera: Delphacidae) and their endoparasite (Strepsiptera: Elenchidae): a probable case of interspecies transmission
Wolbachia, a group of parasitic bacteria of arthropods, are believed to be horizontally transmitted among arthropod taxa. We… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Occurrence of entomopathogens of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Mexican states of Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco and Tamaulipas
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (FAW) larvae and soil samples were collected from corn and sorghum fields in… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
The future of microbial insecticides as vector control agents.
Insect vectors of human diseases are subject to diseases of their own caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and… 
1986
1986
Strelkovimermis spiculatus n. sp. (Mermithidae: Nematoda) Parasitizing Aedes albifasciatus Mac. (Culicidae: Diptera) in Argentina.
Strelkovimermis spiculatus n. sp. (Mermithidae: Nematoda), a parasite of the mosquito Aedes albifasciatus Mac. in Argentina, is… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Heliothis species and their natural enemies, with their potential for biological control
Four egg and 24 larval parasitoids including one mermithid species have been identified fromHeliothis armigera collected at and… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Nematodes as biological control agents: Part I. Mermithidae.
1981
1981
Biological control of mosquitoes with mermithids.
Mermithid nematodes parasitizing mosquitoes have substantial potential for vector control. Studies on the physiological ecology… 
Review
1972
Review
1972
A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Mermithidae (Nematoda).
The genera of the insect parasitic nematode family Mermithidae axe reviewed, and 16 of them axe redescribed and illustrated… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Procedures for the mass rearing of a Mermithid parasite of mosquitoes.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Ultrastructure of the formation of a melanotic capsule in Diabrotica (Coleoptera) in response to a parasitic nematode (Mermithidae).
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