Heterorhabditis
Heterorhabditis is a genus of nematodes belonging to the order Rhabditida. All species of this genus are obligate parasites of insects, and some are used as biological control agents for the control of pest insects.
Heterorhabditis nematodes are hosts for the Photorhabdus bacterial symbiont.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:Heterorhabditis amazonensis Andaló, Nguyen & Moino, 2007Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar, 1976Heterorhabditis baujardi Phan, Subbotin, Nguyen & Moens, 2003Heterorhabditis downesi Stock, Griffin & Burnell, 2002Heterorhabditis floridensis Nguyen, Gozel, Koppenhöfer & Adams, 2006Heterorhabditis georgiana Nguyen, Shapiro-Ilan and Mbata, 2008Heterorhabditis heliothidis Heterorhabditis indica Poinar, Karunakar & David, 1992Heterorhabditis marelatus Liu & Berry, 1996Heterorhabditis megidis Poinar, Jackson & Klein, 1987Heterorhabditis mexicana Nguyen, Shapiro-Ilan, Stuart, McCoy, James & Adams, 2004Heterorhabditis safricana Malan, Nguyen, de Waal and Tiedt, 2008Heterorhabditis taysearae Shamseldean, El-Sooud, Abd-Elgawad & Saleh, 1996Heterorhabditis zealandica Poinar, 1990