Paraphelenchus acontioides

  

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Aphelenchina
        Aphelenchoidea
         Aphelenchidae
          Aphelenchinae

           Paraphelenchus acontioides Taylor & Pillai, 1967

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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This species closely resembles P. pseudoparietinus but differs in having 8 lines in the lateral field, a head continuous with the body contour and no males..

 

Female:

Male:

Not seen

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

First reported from soil around grass roots in Illinois, USA.

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Feeding:

Mycophagous. Readily cultured on Pyrenochaeta terrestris.

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Hosts:

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Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

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References:

Carta, L.K., Skantar, A.M., Handoo, Z.A., and Baynes, M.A. 2011. Nematology 13:887-899.

Taylor, D.P. and Pillai, J.K. 1967.Paraphelenchus acontioides n.sp. (Nematoda: Paraphelenchidae), a mycophagous nematode from Illinois, with observations on its feeding habits and a key to the species of Paraphelenchus. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 34:51-54.
 

 

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