Browsing by Author "Esquivel, Alejandro"
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A NEW SPECIES OF NEMATODE, SCLERORHABDITIS NEOTROPICALIS SP.N. (RHABDITIDA), ASSOCIATED WITH AZTECA ANTS IN CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA
Esquivel, Alejandro; Abolafia Cobaleda, Joaquín; Hanson, P.; Pinto, A. (Nematropica, 2012-06)Sclerorhabditis neotropicalis sp. n. is described and illustrated. It can be distinguished by its body length (515-560 μm in females and 363-455 μm in males), lip region with crown-shaped lips, having acute three acute ... -
First Finding Of A Male Aphanolaimus Coomansi (Tsalolichin, 1988) In Tropical Areas
Esquivel, Alejandro (Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 1998)First finding of a male Aphanolaimus coomansi (Tsalolichin, 1988) in tropical ar eas. Nematropica 30:161-166. The rare aquatic nematode Aphanolaimus coomansi Tsalolichin, 1988 was found in some habitats in Costa Rican ... -
Four new species and five morphospecies of Ficophagus Davies & Bartholomaeus, 2015 (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Ficus subgenus Urostigma sect. Americana (Moraceae) in Central America
Davier, Kerrie A.; Ye, Weimin; Kanzaki, Natsumi; Center, Barbara; Bartholomaesus, Faerlie W.; Herre, Edward Allen; Esquivel, Alejandro; Giblin-Davis, Robin (Brill & The Hague Academy of International Law, 2017-05-02)Four new species of Ficophagus were recovered from the sycones of Ficus spp. from the Subgenus Urostigma section Americana from Central America. The species are described here as Ficophagus bullenei sp. n., F. costaricanus ... -
Identificación molecular de especies de nematodos noduladores (Meloidogyne spp.) asociadas a plantas ornamentales de altura
Solano-González, Stefany; Esquivel, Alejandro; Molina, Ramón; Morera, Bernal (Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica), 2011)Meloidogyne es un nematodo endoparásito sedentario de amplia distribución geográfica, responsable de causar pérdidas económicas cuantiosas en una amplia variedad de cultivos. La globalización y la apertura de mercados ... -
Reverse Taxonomy for Elucidating Diversity of Insect-Associated Nematodes: A Case Study with Termites
Kanzaki, Natsumi; Giblin-Davis, Robin; Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.; Taki, Hisatomo; Esquivel, Alejandro; Davies, Kerrie A.; Herre, Edward Allen (Public Library of Science, 2012-08-28)Background: The molecular operational taxonomic unit (MOTU) has recently been applied to microbial and microscopic animal biodiversity surveys. However, in many cases, some of the MOTUs cannot be definitively tied to any ... -
Two new species and three morphospecies of Ficophagus Davies & Bartholomaeus, 2015 (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Ficus subgenus Pharmacosycea (Moraceae) in Central America
Davies, Kerrie A; Ye, Weimin; Center, Barbara; Kanzaki, Natsumi; Bartholomaeus, Faerlie; Herre, Edward Allen; Esquivel, Alejandro; Giblin-Davis, Robin (Brill & The Hague Academy of International Law, 2017-03-15)Aphelenchoidid nematodes were collected from the sycones of Ficus subgenus Pharmacosycea from Central America. Two new species of Ficophagus were recovered, and are described herein as F. maxima sp. n. and F. yoponensis ...