Dolichodorus longicaudatus

  

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 Classification:  

Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Dolichodoridae
            Dolichodorinae


         Dolichodorus longicaudatus Doucet, 1981

 

Synonyms:
      None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Female:

Median bulb well-developed.  

Excretory pore near mid isthmus

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

Ovaries paired, outstretched, spermathecae present.

Tail elongate conoid.    

Male: Similar to female.

Spicules and gubernaculum slightly arcuate.

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

Hypotygma on cloacal aperture.

 

 


 

Dolichodorus longicaudatus. Female, A: face view; B-C: anterior region lateral and ventro-lateral view; D-G: tail; E: basal plate, face view; F: posterior gonad; L-M: vulva area, ventral and llateral view; N: cross-section; O: esophageal region. Male, H-I: spicules, lateral and ventral view; J-K: hypotygma, ventral and lateral view

Source: Doucet, 1981

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

  
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Distribution:

Recorded soil in grassy area, Cordoba, Argentina.

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Economic Importance:

 

 

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Feeding:

Ectoparasite mainly at root tip; nematode has long stylet.

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

 

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Management:

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References:

Doucet, M.E. 1981. Description de Dolichodorus longicaudatus n. sp. et Neodolichodorus leiocephalus n. sp.(Nematoda: Tylenchida). Revue Nematologie 4:191-197.

 

 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 19, 2019.