Isolation of Pristionchus bucculentus from the large mushroom beetle, Encaustes praenobilis

摘要

An entomophilic (insect phoretic) nematode, Pristionchus bucculentus Kanzaki, Ragsdale, Herrmann, Roseler & Sommer (Rhabditida: Diplogastridae) was originally described from the dissected body of a shining mushroom beetle, Episcapha gorhami Lewis (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), found on a Basidiomycota fungus occurring on dead wood in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (Kanzaki et al. 2013). The species was reisolated from the large mushroom beetle, Encaustes praenobilis Lewis (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), during a field survey 0f insect-associated nematodes, and the isolation information is described as a new locality and a new carrier. Molecular barcode information (near-full-length of 18S ribosomal RNA, D2/D3 expansion segments of 28S ribosomal RNA and the partial sequence of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I) is presented.