Australodorus enigmaticus

  

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Classification:

      Dorylaimida
       Dorylaimina
        Dorylaimoidea
         Longidoridae
          Longidorinae

           Australodorus enigmaticus Coomans, Olmos, Casella & Chaves. 2004.

The type species of the genus

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

  • Very large for soil nematodes, 5.2-7.5 mm

  • Lip region sharply offset

  • Amphid apertures with bilobed fovea.

  • Odontophore weakly flanged

  • Guiding ring around posterior haldf of odontostyle.

  • Tail short, conoid-rounded in both sexes

Female; didelphic amphidelphic

 

Male: 6-10 supplements anterior to spicules

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Ref: Coomans et al., 2004; Andrassy, 2009.
 
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Distribution:

Described from Uruguay.

 

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Economic Importance:

 

 

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Feeding:

Ectoparasite on roots.

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Hosts:

For an extensive host range list for this species, click

 

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click If species level data are not available, click for genus level 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:

Andrássy, I. 2009.  Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, Vol. III. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest.

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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Revised: September 11, 2023.