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 Classification:

Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Dolichodoridae
            Belonolaiminae   

                  Carphodorus Colbran, 1965

As of 2017, Carphodorus bilineatus Colbran, 1965 is the type and only species of the genus.

    Synonyms:
      None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Female: SEM face view with well-marked labial disc; first labial annule divided into six sectors, with lateral sectors smaller than the submedians.

Labial region with deep indentations.

Labial framework massive and strongly developed.  

Stylet elongate, about 95 µm long, with cone about 68% of total stylet length. 

Corpus as in Belonolaimus.  

Esophageal glands overlap beginning of intestine.  

Tail relatively short (c' = 1.7), cylindroid with a broadly rounded terminus.  

Lateral field said to have two lines in original description, but SEM pictures show four lines (Sauer, Brzeski & Chapman, 1980).

 
[Ref: Fortuner & Luc (1987).]
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Hosts:

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References:

Colbran, R.C. 1965. Studies of plant and soil nematodes. 11. Carphodorus bilineatus n.g., n.sp. (Nematoda: Dolichodorinae) from eucalypt forest in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences 22:481-484.

Fortuner, R., Luc, M. 1987.  Reappraisal of Tylenchina 6. Belonolaimidae. Revue Nematologie 10:182-203.

 

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