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Classification:

Enoplea
       Dorylaimida
        Dorylaimina
         Dorylaimoidea
          Longidoridae
           Longidorinae

                         
            Australodorus  Coomans, Olmos, Casella & Chaves, 2004

Type species of the genus is Australodorus enigmaticus Coomans, Olmos, Casella & Chaves, 2004. As of 2020, this is the only species of the genus.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Lip region expanded and offset from body contour
• Amphids with wide slit-like aperture and bilobed fovea.
• Odontostyle slender, odontophore with weak flanges.
• Guiding ring at about posterior 30% of retracted odontostyle.
• Esophageal gland pattern typical of Longidorinae
• Tail conver-conoid with rounded terminus in both sexes.
• Male with medioventral supplements more that one spicule length anterior to cloaca.
• Females didelphic, amphidelphic.

Ref: Coomans et al (2004)

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Distribution:

Described from previously uncultivated soil in a citrus orchard in Uruguay.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Australodorus

 Migratory ectoparasites of plant roots.    

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References:

Coomans, A., Olmos, I., Casella, E. and Chaves, E. 2004. Australodorus enigmaticus ng, n. sp.(Nematoda: Longidoridae) from Uruguay. Nematology 6:183-191.

Decraemer, W, and Robbins, R.T. 2007.  The who, what and where of Longidoridae and Trichodoridae.  J. Nematology 39:295-297.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: April 15, 2025.