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Classification:

Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Dolichodoridae
            Brachydorinae   

         Brachydorus De Guiran & Germani, 1968

Type species of the genus: Brachydorus tenuis De Guiran & Germani, 1968

    Synonyms:
      None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Labial region rounded, slightly offset, roughly quadrangular in face view, not annulated. 
  • Amphid apertures not known (no available SEM study).
  • Stylet short (20 to 35 µm).
  • Procorpus cylindrical, not amalgamated with metacorpus.  
  • Lateral field with four incisures, not areolated.  

Female:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic, ovaries outstretched with oocytes in a single line.
  • Tail elongated (c' = 3.8 to 7.8); c=8.6-11.5, extremely pointed.  

 

Male:

[Ref: Luc & Fortuner (1987), De Guiran and Germani (1968).]
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Distribution:

 

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Hosts:

 
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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

 

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References:

De Guiran, G. and Germani, G.. 1968. Brachydorus tenuis ng, n. sp.(Nematoda: Dolichodorinae), asocie a Ravenala madagascariensis sur la cote est Malagache (Brachydorus tenuis ng, n. sp.(Nematoda: Dolichodorinae), associated with Ravenala madagascariensis on the East Coast of Malagasy). Nematologica 14:447-452.

Luc & Fortuner, Rev. Nematol. 10(2):177-181 (1987).

 

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Revised: September 12, 2023.