Revised 12/10/10
Obligate insect parasites. Infective
juveniles carry symbiotic bacteria in the bacterial chamber of the intestine.
Sexually reproducing (Nguyen and Smart, 1996).
References
Nguyen, K.B. and Smart, G.C. 1996. Identification of entomopathogenic nematodes in the Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae. J. Nemtology 28:286-300.
Stock, S.P. and Reid, A.P. 2004. Biosystematics of entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernematidae, Heterorhabditidae): current status and future directions. Nematology Monographs and Persdectives 2:435-446.