new species
Last year a new species of entomopathogenic nematode was isolated by Nguyen and Buss (2011) from a white grub (Phyllophaga sp.) and based on morphological and molecular characteristics, it was named as Steinernema phyllophagae.
Nguyen, K.B., and Buss, E.A. 2011. Steinernema phyllophagae n. sp (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from Florida, USA. Nematology 13: 425-442.
An entomopathogenic nematode in the soil samples that collected from the northern part of the Yunnan province of China was described using both morphological and molecular characteristics as new species "Steinernema xueshannense" (Mracek et al., 2009). Reference:
Mracek, Z., Liu, Q., Nguyen, K. B. 2009. Steinernema xueshanense n. sp (Rhabditida, Steinernematidae), a new species of entomopathogenic nematode from the province of Yunnan, southeast Tibetan Mts., China. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 102: 69-78.