SPECIES OF STEINERNEMA

(Species of Heterorhabditis)

(61 species)

          All described species of the genera Steinernema,  Neosteinernema , and Heterorhabditis were reported and updated  frequently in this website, if you know any described species not reported here, please email me (Email to:kbn@ufl.edu ), I will add them in as soon as I can.

Note: The following groups are based on the body length of the infective juveniles; these are morphological groupings and are not necessarily congruent with molecular based groups, to see molecular groups click here

INFECTIVE-JUVENILE LENGTH GREATER THAN 1000 MICROMETERS

"glaseri group"
Steinernema arenarium (=anomalae=anomali)
Steinernema caudatum
Steinernema cubanum (=cubana)
Steinernema glaseri
Steinernema longicaudum
Steinernema puertoricense (=puertoricensis)
Steinernema diaprepesi
Steinernema apuliae
Steinernema guangdongense
Steinernema aciari  

Steinernema hermaphroditum

Steinernema khoisanae

Steinernema leizhouense

 

INFECTIVE-JUVENILE LENGTH < 1000 but > 700 MICROMETERS

"feltiae group"
Steinernema feltiae
Steinernema karii
Steinernema kraussei
Steinernema monticolum
Steinernema neocurtillae (=neocurtillis)
Steinernema oregonense (=oregonensis)
Steinernema loci
Steinernema sangi
Steinernema thanhi
Steinernema scarabaei
Steinernema weiseri
Steinernema robustispiculum
Steinernema jollieti  

Steinernema litorale

Steinernema silvaticum

Steinernema akhursti

Steinernema ashiuense

Steinernema hebeiense

Steinernema texanum

S. pauntauvense

S. ichnusae

S. cholashanense

INFECTIVE-JUVENILE LENGTH < 700 but > 600 MICROMETERS

“intermedium group”

Steinernema affine (=affinis)
Steinernema intermedium (=intermedia)

Steinernema beddingi

Steinernema sichuanense  (data will be added)

INFECTIVE-JUVENILE LENGTH LESS THAN 600 MICROMETERS

"carpocapsae group"
Steinernema carpocapsae
Steinernema kushidai
Steinernema rarum (=rara)
Steinernema ritteri
Steinernema scapterisci
Steinernema siamkayai
Steinernema tami
Steinernema websteri
Steinernema anatoliense
Steinernema asiaticum

Steinerenma backanense

Steinernema cumgarense

Steinerenma eapokense

Steinerenma sasonense

 Steinernema colombiense

INFECTIVE JUVENILES WITH 2 HORN-LIKE STRUCTURES
"bicornutum group"
Steinernema abbasi
Steinernema bicornutum
Steinernema ceratophorum
Steinernema pakistanense
Steinernema riobrave (=riobravis)
Steinernema yirgalomense

S. costaricense


Updated 23August 2007
This document was constructed and is maintained by KHUONG B. NGUYEN
Entomology & Nematology Department
University of Florida