Hoplotylus femina

Hoplotylus femina	Contents	Rev 04/04/2023
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Classification:

        Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Pratylenchidae
          Pratylenchinae

Hoplotylus femina s'Jacob 1960

Morphology and Anatomy:

Pronounced sexual dimorphism in anterior body.
Deirids absent (said to be present in the male of H. femina).
Female: Labial area dome-shaped; cephalic sclerotization strong.
Stylet strong with basal knobs rounded or provided with anterior processes.
Esophageal glands in line, with moderate dorsal overlap of the intestine. Esophago-intestinal valve undeveloped.
Posterior genital branch reduced to a post-uterine sac.
Tail elongate-conical, rounded terminally.

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

Male:
Lip region, high, asymmetrical (dorsal sectors higher), not or only slightly set-off; cephalic sclerotization weak.
Stylet and esophagus reduced.
Gubernaculum not protruding.
Caudal alae subterminal.

[Ref: Luc, (1987).]

Distribution:

Hoplotylus femina has been reportef from The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Japan, Spain and Mexico (Palomares-Rius et al., 2016).

Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

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Palomares-Rius, J.E., Carolina Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, Antonio Archidona-Yuste and Pablo Castillo. 2016. Hoplotylus femina sâ€™Jacob, 1960 (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae) from Spain with molecular phylogenetic relationships inferred by D2-D3 expansion fragments of 28S and the partial 18S rRNA gene sequences. Nematology 18:559-569.