Global distribution of entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema and Heterorhabditis

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 List of Heterorhabditis species recorded from different countries of the world

S. no.	Species	Authors & year	Host insect/ soil	Location
1	H. amazonensis	Andaló et al., 2006	Soil	Brazil
2	H. atacamensis	Edgington et al., 2011	Soil	Chile
3	H. bacteriophora	Poinar, 1976	Heliothis punctigera Wallengren	Brecon, South Australia
4	H. baujardi	Phan et al., 2003	Soil	Vietnam
5	H. beicherriana	Li et al., 2012	Soil	China
6	H. downesi	Stock et al., 2002	Soil	Ireland
7	H. floridensis	Nguyen et al., 2006a	Soil	Florida, USA
8	H. georgiana	Nguyen et al., 2008b	-	Georgia
9	H. indica	Poinar Jr et al., 1992	Soil (Soil baited with Scirpophaga excerptalis Walker, larvae)	Coimbatore, India
10	H. marelatus	Liu & Berry, 1996	Soil	Seaside, Oregon, USA
11	H. megidis	Poinar Jr et al., 1987	Popillia japonica Newman	Jeromesville, Ohio, USA
12	H. mexicana	Nguyen et al., 2004a	Soil	Mexico
13	H. noenieputensis	Malan et al., 2014	Soil	South Africa
14	H. safricana	Malan et al., 2008	Soil	South Africa
15	H. taysearae	Shamseldean et al., 1996	Soil	Egypt
16	H. zealandica	Poinar, 1990	Heteronychus arator F.	Auckland, New Zealand

*Species considered as junior synonym, species inquirendae and nomun nudum are mentioned in the text