Nothocriconemoides   

 

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Classification:

    Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Criconematoidea
         Criconematidae
          Macroposthoniinae


           Nothocriconemoides Maas, Loof & De Grisse, 1971

Type species of the genus: Nothocriconemoides lineolatus Maas, Loof & De Grisse, 1971

    Synonyms:

      None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Female: 

  • Type species(N. lineolatus)  has 57-64 annules with fine longitudinal striae so that margins look finely crenate, no anastomoses.  First annule elevated, cup-shaped; second annule narrower than the first.
  •  Pseudolips well-developed, bearing four protruding submedian lobes.  Labial plates present. 
  • Vulva "closed," anterior vulva lip bi-lobed, projecting backwards.
  • Tail conoid, tapering tyo acute or sub-acute..

Male: (Characteristics for Nothocriconemoides crenulatus) :

Juveniles: Annules crenate, devoid of scales or spines.  First annule not offset.

[Ref: Raski and Luc (1987), Geraert (2010)]



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Feeding:

  Ectoparasites of plant roots.

 

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References:

Geraert, E. 2010. The Criconematidae of the World. Academia Press, Ghent, Belgium.

Maas, P.W.T., Loof, P.A.A., De Grisse, A. 1971. Nothocriconemoides lineolatus n.gen, n.sp. (Nematoda: Criconematidae). MededelingenFakulteit Landbouwwetenschapen Gent 36:711-715.

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: December 18, 2023.