Aglenchus microstylus

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Tylenchidae
          Atylenchinae

Aglenchus microstylus (de Man, 1884) Andrassy, 1954

Synonyms

Tylenchus microstylus de Man, 1884
Tylenchus parmicrostylus Paetzold, 1958

Morphology and Anatomy:

Cuticle coarsely striated
Lateral filed with 3 lines
Head not offset, not striated
Stylet short 7-8µm
Median bulb oval, terminal bulb pyriform
Female gonad monodelphic, outstretched
Vulva with distinct lateral flaps
Male with single outstretched testis
Simple gubernaculum, adanal caudal alae

Ref: Husseinvand et al (2016).

Refer to subfamily diagnosis (Atylenchinae).

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Distribution:

Reported from the rhizosphere of a Montpellier maple tree (Acer monspessulanum L. ssp. cinerascens)

Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click	If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

Management:

For plants reported to have some level of resistance to this species, click

Husseinvand, M., Abdollahi, M., and Karegar, A. 2016. Description of Aglenchus microstylus n.sp. (Nematoda, Tylenchidae) from Iran with a modified key to the species of the genus. Nematropica 46:38-44.

Yeates, G.W., Bongers, T., Goede, R.G.M. de, Freckman, D.W., Georgieva, S.S. (1993a), Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera - an outline for soil ecologists, Journal of Nematology, 25 (3): 315-331