Anguina australis

 

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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Anguinidae
            Anguininae

              Anguina australis Steiner, 1940

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

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Distribution:

Described by Steiner after restudying specimens from galls of the grass Ehrharta longiflora originally given to Cobb in Australia.


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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

 
     


      

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Hosts:

 

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Life Cycle:

 

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

Induces galls that are oval to round with flattened bases.  Distinguished by Steiner as being different from another Anguina described from Australia, A. microlaenae, by the different-shaped galls.

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Management:

Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:

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References:

Van den Berg, E. 1986. Anguina guizotiae sp. n. from Ethiopia with a redescription of A. australis Steiner, 1940 (Nematoda: Anguinidae). Phytophylactica 18:11-16.

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