Paradolichodera tenuissima

 

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Punctoderinae


           Paradolichodera tenuissima Mulvey & Ebsary, 1980

Type species of the genus.

    Synonyms:
      None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Female: 

  • Elongate-ovoid with rounded posterior, marked with fine striation in anterior of body and  irregular lines and punctations in posterior..
  • Vulva terminal or subterminal,  no vulval cone; circumfenestrate; vulval slit shorts.
  • Eggs retained in body; no external egg sac; eggs with smooth surface

Ref: Subbotin et al., 2010

Male: 

  •  Body not twisted
  • Lateral field with 4 incisures

Second-stage juveniles:

  • More slender than usual for Heteroderidae
  • Stylet short, <20um
  • DEGO > 10 um behind stylet knobs
  • Tail long and slender


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

 
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Distribution:

Recovered from a roots of a rush (Eliocharis gracilis)  growing along the banks of a lagoon near Christchurch, New Zealamd.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

 
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Hosts:

Eleocharis gracilis
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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

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Management:

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

For plants reported to have some level of resistance to this species, click

 

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References:

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

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 31, 2023.