| Mermis | |
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| Mermis nigrescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Enoplea |
| Order: | Mermithida |
| Family: | Mermithidae |
| Genus: | Mermis Dujardin, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, 1842 | |
Mermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae. [1]
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. [1]
At least 11 species currently belong to the genus: [2]
Douglasiidae is a small Lepidopteran family including around 28 species of micromoth whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths. The largest genus in the family is Tinagma. They are primarily found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms. The adults have a 6 to 15 mm wingspan, with a reduced hindwing venation and long fringes. The larvae are leaf miners or borers, primarily in stems and petioles, belonging to Boraginaceae, Labiatae, and Rosaceae.
Lepicerus is a genus of myxophagan beetles containing three described species in the family Lepiceridae; it is the only extant genus in the family, with another genus, Lepiceratus only known from fossils. Extant species occur in the Neotropics, from Mexico south to Venezuela and Ecuador. Fossils referrable to the genus are known from the early Late Cretaceous of Southeast Asia.
Mermithidae is a family of nematode worms that are endoparasites in arthropods. As early as 1877, Mermithidae was listed as one of nine subdivisions of the Nematoidea. Mermithidae are confused with the horsehair worms of the phylum Nematomorpha that have a similar life history and appearance.
Orchesella is a genus of springtails belonging to the family Entomobryidae. This genus includes springtails with subdivided basal antennal segments.
Paleoleishmania is an extinct genus of kinetoplastids, a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. At present it is placed in the family Trypanosomatidae. The genus contains two species, Paleoleishmania neotropicum and the type species Paleoleishmania proterus.
Mermis nigrescens is a species of nematode known commonly as the grasshopper nematode. It is distributed in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. It occurs in Tasmania, but it has not been observed on mainland Australia. It has been rarely observed in Africa. It is a parasite of insects, especially grasshoppers.
Heydenius is a collective group genus of fossil mermithid nematodes from the Tertiary period that cannot be placed in extant genera.
Aranimermis giganteus is the largest known species of Mermithidae and often infects the mygalomorph spiders of New Zealand.
Amphibiomermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.
Tetramermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.
Strelkovimermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.
Spiculimermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.
Ripistes is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Naididae.
Reesimermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.
Mesomermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.
Limnomermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.
Gastromermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.
Aranimermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.
Heliacus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Architectonicidae.
Pheromermis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Mermithidae.
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