Subfamily APHELENCHINAE

                                 Rev 08/03/2020

Classification:

       Chromadorea
          Chromadoria
       Rhabditida
        Tylenchina
         Aphelenchoidea
          Aphelenchidae

                      Aphelenchinae

Morphology and Anatomy:

      Family characterized by large metacorpus (median bulb), esophageal glands
      usually not enclosed in a bulb (overlapping). Dorsal esophageal gland
      opens into metacorpus.

 
      Maggenti suggests that the Aphelenchina are an earlier evolutionary group
      than the Tylenchina.

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