Browsing Faculty Research Publications (Zoology) by Author "Poinar, George O., Jr."

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New fossil nematodes in Dominican and Baltic amber

Poinar, George O., Jr. (Brill, 2012)

Four new species of fossil mermithids (Nematoda: Mermithidae) are described from amber: Heydenius arachnius n. sp. from a spider (Arachnida: Araneae) in Dominican amber, Heydenius phasmatophilus n. sp., from a walking st ...
Vetufebrus ovatus n. gen., n. sp (Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) vectored by a streblid bat fly (Diptera: Streblidae) in Dominican amber

Poinar, George O., Jr. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2011-12-07)

Background: Both sexes of bat flies in the families Nycteribiidae and Streblidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) reside in the hair or on the wing membranes of bats and feed on blood. Members of the Nycteribiidae transmit bat ...