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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Punctoderinae

           Dolichodera Mulvey & Ebsary, 1980
    Synonyms:
      None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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 Female: Cyst stage present.  

Body elongate-oval, with long neck and no terminal cone.  

Cuticle of medium thickness (3 to 4 �m), with fine, irregular striae; subcrystalline layer present.  

Vulva subterminal circumfenestrate.  Bullae present.  No anal fenestration.  

Eggs retained in body.  
Male: Not known.

Second-stage juveniles: Stylet less than 25 �m long.

Lateral field with four lines.  

Esophageal gland filling body cavity.  

Tail conical, elongated; with hyaline terminal half. 

Phasmids punctiform.

[Ref: Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner (1988).]

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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

 

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

 

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References:

 Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner, Rev. Nematol. 11(2):159-176 (1988).

 

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Revised: November 19, 2019.