“…gambiae , Anopheles culicifacies , Anopheles stephensi , Anopheles subpictus , Armigeres subalbatus , Culex pipiens, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex sitiens, Culex tritaeniorhynchus, and Mansonia annulifera ), Diximermis peterseni (against Anopheles crucians , Anopheles quadrimaculatus , and Anopheles punctipennis ) and Strelkovimermis spiculatus (against Aedes albifasciatus and Cx. pipiens ; Petersen and Willis, 1974 ; Levy and Miller, 1977 ; Poinar and Camino, 1986 ; Santamarina Mijares and Perez Pacheco, 1997 ; Paily and Balaraman, 2000 ; Sanad et al, 2013 , 2017 ; Abagli and Alavo, 2019 ; Abagli et al, 2019 ). However, the lack of culturable mermithids hinders mass application of this nematode as a biocontrol agent ( Kendie, 2020 ).…”