Family APHELENCHOIDIDAE

                                 Rev 08/03/2020 

Classification:

      Chromadorea
     Chromadoria
       Rhabditida
        Tylenchina
         Aphelenchoidea
          Aphelenchoididae

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.  Males have caudal papillae.  Often, but not
      exclusively, associated with ferns, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons; also
      with insects.
      Maggenti suggests that the Aphelenchina are an earlier evolutionary group
      than the Tylenchina.

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