Heydenius simulphilus Poinar and Currie 2020 (roundworm)

Enoplea - Mermithida - Mermithidae

Full reference: G. O. Poinar and D. C. Currie. 2020. Mermithid nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasites of a fossil black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Baltic amber. Nematology 22:655-658

Belongs to Heydenius according to G. O. Poinar and D. C. Currie 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Poinar collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Poinar collection

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