Meloidoderita kirjanovae

 

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Classification:

Tylenchida
      Criconematina
        Tylenchuloidea
        Sphaeronematidae or Tylenchulidae
         Meloidoderitinae

          Meloidoderita kirjanovae Poghossian, 1966
Meloidoderita kirjanovae Poghossian, 1966 is the type species of the genus.


    Synonyms:

      None.

 
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Morphology and Anatomy:

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

Female: 

  • Globose.  
  • Vulva appearing as terminal and anus as dorsal.  
  • Cuticle bearing numerous small spines. 
  • Uterine wall greatly thickened, uterus very enlarged and transformed into a cyst which retains some of the eggs.  

      

 

Male: 

  • No stylet.  
  • Penial tube short.

[Ref: Raski & Luc (1987).]

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

Ortiginally described fropm Armenia and later reported from Ukraine; reported from Europe.
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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

 

 

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Hosts:

 

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

 

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Management:

Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:

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References:

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

Andrassy, I. 2007. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary (Nematoda Errantia). Vol 2. Hungarian Natural History Muesum, Budapest. 496p.

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Revised: February 23, 2024.