Boleodorus

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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Tylenchidae
          Boleodorinae

Boleodorus Thorne, 1941

Type species of the genus: Boleodorus thylactus Thprne, 1941

Synonyms:
None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Refer to characteristics of subfamily diagnosis (Boleodorinae).

Rather small nematodes usually curved ventrally
Cuticle with fine striations
Lateral field with 4-6 lines
Head framework weak
Amphid openings oblique slits
Stylet weak, cone about half the length of the shaft; shaft withbasal flanges
Median bulb wekaly developed; metacorpus valve inconspicuous or absent
Posterior bulb butting intestine or partly surrounded by intestine

Female:

Monodelphic, prodelphic, gonad outstretched
Spermatheca usually offset
Postuterine sac very short

Male:

Mmonorchic
Spicules and Gunnernaculum slifghtly curved
Bursa weakly developed

Ref: Geraert (2008)

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Thorne, G. 1941. Some nematodes of the family Tylenchidae which do not possess a valvular oesophageal median bulb. Great Basin Naturalist 2:37-85.

Geraert, E. 2008. The Tylenchidae of the world: identification of the family Tylenchidae (Nematoda). Gent, Academia Press: 540 pp

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 12, 2023.