Subfamily Brittonematinae

Revised 06/16/23

Actinolaimidae Thorne, 1939

Brittonematinae Thorne, 1967

Cuticle longitudinally striated
Odontostuyle long and slender
Esophagus non-muscular anteriorly and muscular in the posterior region
Vulval lips not sclerotized or only weakly sclerotized
The female tail is long and filiform; male tail; usually short and rounded
The male preanal papillae (supplements) are grouped in two fascicles.

Ref: Vincigierra, 1991, Andrassy, 2010

References:

Andrassy, I. 2010. Two new nematode species of the subfamily Brittonematinae (Dorylaimida: Actinolaimidae). Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 2010, 41(2): 175–190

Thorne, G. 1939. A monograph of the nematodes of the superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Capita Zool. 8: 1-263.

Vinciguerra, M.T. 1987. A new classification of Actinolaimoidea Thorne, 1939 using a cladistic approach. Nematologica 33:251-277.

Vinciguerra, M.T. 1991. Cladistic analysis and a comparison between taxonomical criteria in the classification of nematodes. Italian Journal of Zoology 58:337-343.

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