Life History
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Mermithids have been found to be associated with iridescent viruses in several arthropod species. Strelkomermis spiculatus have been found to transmit an iridescent virus in the mosquito species Culex pipiens[1], Culex apinicus, and Aedes aegypti[2]. Isopod iridescent virus has been found associated with Thaumamermis cosgrovei in the isopod species Porcellio scaber and Armadillidium vulgare[3][4]. An unidentified iridescent virus has been found in the fly species Culicoides variipennis sonorensis in association with Heleidomermis magnapapula infections[5]. In all three instances, iridescent viral infections occured at a much higher rate in mermithid-parasitized individuals[1][2][3][5]. However, in the case of the interaction between C. v. sonorensis, H. magnapapula, and their iridescent virus, the virus appears to kill both host and parasite before they reach maturity, impairing the mermithid's biological control of C. v. sonorensis[5].
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edit- ^ a b Muttis, Evangelina; Micieli, María Victoria; Urrutia, María Inés; García, Juan José (2015-07-01). "Transmission of a pathogenic virus (Iridoviridae) of Culex pipiens larvae mediated by the mermithid Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Nematoda)". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 129: 40–44. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2015.05.011. ISSN 0022-2011.
- ^ a b Muttis, E.; Micieli, M. V.; Bonica, M. B.; Ghiringhelli, P. D.; García, J. J. (2020-04-01). "Mosquito Iridescent Virus: New Records from Nature and Infections Using Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Mermithidae) as a Vector Under Laboratory Conditions". Neotropical Entomology. 49 (2): 268–274. doi:10.1007/s13744-019-00755-9. ISSN 1678-8052.
- ^ a b Poinar, Jr., George O.; Hess, Roberta T.; Cole, Anabel (1980). "Replication of an Iridovirus in a Nematode (Mermithidae)". Intervirology. 14 (5–6): 316–320. doi:10.1159/000149202. ISSN 1423-0100.
- ^ Poinar, George O. (1981-05-01). "Thaumamermis cosgrovei n. gen., n. sp. (Mermithidae: Nematoda) parasitizing terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscoidea)". Systematic Parasitology. 2 (4): 261–266. doi:10.1007/BF00009346. ISSN 1573-5192.
- ^ a b c Mullens, Bradley A.; Velten, Robert K.; Federici, Brian A. (1999-03-01). "Iridescent Virus Infection in Culicoides variipennis sonorensis and Interactions with the Mermithid Parasite Heleidomermis magnapapula". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 73 (2): 231–233. doi:10.1006/jipa.1998.4838. ISSN 0022-2011.
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