{{Short description|Species of nematode}} {{Speciesbox | image = Steinernema feltiae.jpg | genus = Steinernema | species = feltiae | authority = Filipjev, 1934 }}
'''''Steinernema feltiae''''' is a species of [[nematode]] in the family [[Steinernematidae]]. It is an entomopathogenic [[Nematode|roundworm]] that infects insects.
== Agricultural use == ''S. feltiae'' has been used in agriculture as a [[Biological pest control|biological control]] agent against insect pests. It is effective between 8 °C and 25 °C <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hazir |first=Selçuk |last2=Stock |first2=S.Patricia |last3=Kaya |first3=Harry K |last4=Koppenhöfer |first4=Albrecht M |last5=Keskin |first5=Nevin |date=2001 |title=Developmental Temperature Effects on Five Geographic Isolates of the Entomopathogenic Nematode Steinernema feltiae (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022201101950293 |journal=Journal of Invertebrate Pathology |language=en |volume=77 |issue=4 |pages=243–250 |doi=10.1006/jipa.2001.5029|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and has been shown to infect various moths, flies, and beetles.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Morris |first=O. N. |date=1985 |title=SUSCEPTIBILITY OF 31 SPECIES OF AGRICULTURAL INSECT PESTS TO THE ENTOMOGENOUS NEMATODES <i>STEINERNEMA FELTIAE</i> AND <i>HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA</i> |url=https://doi.org/10.4039/ent117401-4 |journal=The Canadian Entomologist |volume=117 |issue=4 |pages=401–407 |doi=10.4039/ent117401-4 |issn=0008-347X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''S. feltiae'' infects insects in the immature stage and releases symbiotic bacteria, such as ''[[Xenorhabdus]]'' species, that produce toxins which kill the host insect.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steinernema feltiae, Beneficial nematode (Sf) {{!}} Cornell IPM Biocontrol Fact Sheet |url=https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/steinernema-feltiae-beneficial-nematode-sf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260517213806/https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/steinernema-feltiae-beneficial-nematode-sf |archive-date=2026-05-17 |access-date=2026-05-17 |website=cals.cornell.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Burnell |first=Ann |last2=Stock |first2=S. Patricia |date=2000 |title=Heterorhabditis, Steinernema and their bacterial symbionts — lethal pathogens of insects |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/nemy/2/1/article-p31_5.xml |journal=Nematology |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=31–42 |doi=10.1163/156854100508872 |issn=1388-5545}}</ref>
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[[Category:Rhabditida]] [[Category:Nematodes described in 1934]] {{Rhabditida-stub}}