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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Tylenchidae
          Atylenchinae 


          Pleurotylenchus sachsi (Hirschmann, 1952) Szczygiel, 1969

Type species of the genus.

Synonyms:

    None

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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 Refer to subfamily diagnosis (Atylenchinae).  

 Body mostly C-shaped or in semicircular position in females and juveniles, in males posterior end hook-shaped or spirally coiled.

 There are eight longitudinal cuticular ridges surrounding the body,.divided into rectangular blocks by deep transverse annulation, beginning just behind cephalic region and extending to about anal region. Lateral fields slightly elevated, narrow.

A longitudinal flap covers the vulva.

Spermartheca with sperm, indicating sexual reproduction.

Ref: Sturhan and Hohberg, 2016.

 
 

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

Distribution:

 

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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:

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References:

Sturhan, D. and Hohberg, K. 2016. Nematodes of the order Tylenchida in Germany – the non-phytoparasitic species.  Soil Organisms 88:18-41.

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Revised: December 08, 2022.