Dolichodorus minor

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Classification:

Rhabditida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Dolichodoridae
Dolichodorinae

Dolichodorus minor Loof & Sharma, 1975

Synonyms:
None.

Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

Median bulb well-developed.

Excretory pore near mid-level of isthmus

Basal esophageal bulb elongate-pyriform. Not overlapping intestine. .

Ovaries paired, outstretched, spermathecae present.

Tail narrowing abruptly then conoid.

Male: Similar to female.

Spicules and gubernaculum slightly arcuate.

Males have unique caudal alae, well-developed. Tail tip not bifurcate.

Source: Loof and Sharma, 1975

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

Distribution:

Recorded from sandy soil around roots of coconut (Cocos nucifera) in Valenca, Bahia, Brazil, in clay soil at Ilheus, Brazil around the roots of guava (Psidium guajava) and pineapple (Ananas comosus), in loamy sand associated with Gladiolus communis and Hamelia patens (syn. Hamelia erecta). and at Itubera, Brazil in clay soil around roots of Piper nigrum, Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Eugenia caryophyllata) and Hevea brasiliensis (Loof and Sharma, 1975).

In Costa Rica it has been reported from cocoa (Theobroma cacao) (Lopez, 1994).