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Classification:

Tylenchida
      Criconematina
        Tylenchuloidea
         Sphaeronematidae or Tylenchulidae
Meloidoderitinae

          Meloidoderita Poghossian, 1966
Type species of the genus: Meloidoderita kirjanovae Poghossian, 1966

   Synonyms:
      None.
 
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Morphology and Anatomy:

There is only one genus, so characteristics of subfamily Meloidoderitinae and genus Meloidoderita are the same

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All stages: Excretory pore situated around level of nerve ring.  

Female: 

  • Globose.  
  • Vulva appearing as terminal, om a cone, and anus as dorsal.  
  • Cuticle bearing numerous small spines. 
  • Uterine wall greatly thickened, transformed into a cyst which retains part of the eggs.  
  • Some eggs deposited in a gelatinous matrix that covers female

Juveniles

  • Vermiform
  • Pharyngeal glands enclosed in terminal bulb
  • Excretory pore at level of isthmus.
  • Tail spicate or fienly roundsd

      

 

Male: 

  • No stylet.  
  • Penial tube short (M. polygoni) or absent (M. kirjanovae).
  • No bursa

[Ref: Raski & Luc (1987).; Ghaderi et al., 2016]
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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

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References:

Ghaderi, R., Geraert, E., Karegar, A. 2016. TheTylenchulidae of the World. Academia Press, Ghent, Belgium

Raski, D.J. and Luc, M. 1987. A reappraisal of Tylenchina (Nematoda) 10. The superfamily Criconematoidea Taylor, 1936. Revue de Nematologie 10:409-444.

 

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 23, 2024.