Cactodera evansi

Cactodera evansi	Contents	Rev 10/07/2023
Evans' Cyst Nematode	Classification	Hosts
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Classification:

    Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Punctoderinae

Cactodera evansi Cid del Prado Vera & Rowe, 2000

Synonyms:
None

Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

Body lemon-shaped to spherical.
Cyst stage present
Vulval cone small distinct. circumfenestrate.
Egg surface with "microvilli" that may appear as punctations.

Cactodera evansi: Vulval cone of female showing circumfenestra. (Photographs by Cid del Prado and Rowe, 2000).

Male:

Body twisted, slight ventral curve.
Lip region offset from body contour by a constriction.
Tail short, cloaca near to terminus.

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Cactodera evansi: Male tail region with spicules protruding from cloaca. (Photograph by Cid del Prado and Rowe, 2000).

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

Distribution:

Recorded from roots and rhizosphere of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) at Predio las Parvas, Villa Guerrero. Mexico State, Mexico.

Hosts:

Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) -type host.

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

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

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References:

Cid del Prado Vera.I.. Rowe J.A. 2000. Cactodera evansi sp.n. and Meloidodera astonei sp.n .(Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) from Mexico. International Journal of Nematology. Vol.10:159-168.

Subbotin, S.A., Mundo-Ocampo, M., Baldwin, J.G. 2010. Systematics of Cyst Nematodes (Nematode: Heteroderinae). Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Volume 8A , D.J. Hunt and R.N. Perry (eds) Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands 351p