SPECIES OF STEINERNEMA

(Species of Heterorhabditis)

(56 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

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

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

Steinernema thermophylum

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