Vaginulid Slugs in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug

The .family Vaginulidae (=Veronicellidae) (Mollusca: Soleolifera) has a pantropical to subtropical distribution. Of the known ca. 100 species in this family, more than half occur in the Americas. Vaginulíd slugs are important in Central America for two reasons. First, they are pests in several stapl...

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Autores principales: Rueda, Alfredo, Caballero, Rafael, Kaminsky, Reina, Andrews, Keith L.
Otros Autores: Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Escuela Agricola Panamericana, 2014 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://bdigital.zamorano.edu/handle/11036/2530
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spelling ZAMORANO25302023-03-22T08:08:46Z Vaginulid Slugs in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug Rueda, Alfredo Caballero, Rafael Kaminsky, Reina Andrews, Keith L. Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano. Vaginulid Slugs Bean Slug The .family Vaginulidae (=Veronicellidae) (Mollusca: Soleolifera) has a pantropical to subtropical distribution. Of the known ca. 100 species in this family, more than half occur in the Americas. Vaginulíd slugs are important in Central America for two reasons. First, they are pests in several staple food and horticultura! crops. Second, vaginulid slugs are intermediate hosts of the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis (Morera and Cespedes) that parasitizes humans. Costs associated wíth the disease were estímated to be US$5 million annually (Andrews, 1987a). 2014-07-17T22:43:40Z 2014-07-17T22:43:40Z 2001-04 InstitucionalDocument http://hdl.handle.net/11036/2530 eng 47 P. Copyright Escuela Agrícola Panamericana El Zamorano 2014 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es openAccess application/pdf application/pdf Zamorano Escuela Agricola Panamericana, 2014
institution Universidad Zamorano
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language Inglés
topic Vaginulid Slugs
Bean Slug
spellingShingle Vaginulid Slugs
Bean Slug
Rueda, Alfredo
Caballero, Rafael
Kaminsky, Reina
Andrews, Keith L.
Vaginulid Slugs in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug
description The .family Vaginulidae (=Veronicellidae) (Mollusca: Soleolifera) has a pantropical to subtropical distribution. Of the known ca. 100 species in this family, more than half occur in the Americas. Vaginulíd slugs are important in Central America for two reasons. First, they are pests in several staple food and horticultura! crops. Second, vaginulid slugs are intermediate hosts of the nematode Angiostrongylus costaricensis (Morera and Cespedes) that parasitizes humans. Costs associated wíth the disease were estímated to be US$5 million annually (Andrews, 1987a).
author2 Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano.
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Rueda, Alfredo
Caballero, Rafael
Kaminsky, Reina
Andrews, Keith L.
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Caballero, Rafael
Kaminsky, Reina
Andrews, Keith L.
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title Vaginulid Slugs in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug
title_short Vaginulid Slugs in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug
title_full Vaginulid Slugs in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug
title_fullStr Vaginulid Slugs in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug
title_full_unstemmed Vaginulid Slugs in Central America, with Emphasis on the Bean Slug
title_sort vaginulid slugs in central america, with emphasis on the bean slug
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