Rev 12/16/2024
Chromadorea Rhabditida
Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Hoplolaimidae Rotylenchulinae
Acontylus Meagher, 1968
Type species of the genus: Acontylus vipriensis Meagher, 1968 Synonyms: None.
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Reported from Australia.
Females are semi-endoparasitic; their anterior portion is embedded in the root up to the level of the excretory pore.
Males and juveniles have not been observed feeding.
Acontylus vipriensis is reported from Eucalyptus sp.
Eggs are deposited singly in a gelatinous matrix.
Fortuner, Rev. Nematol. 10(2):219-232 (1987).
Meagher. J. W. 1968. Acontylus vipriensis n. g., n. sp. (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae) parasitic on Eucalyptus sp. in Australia. Nematologica 14:94-100.
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