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Classification:

Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea  
         Tylenchidae  
          Tylenchinae

          Tanzanius Siddiqi, 1991

    Type and only species: Tanzanius coffeae Siddiqi, 1991

Note: There are differences of oprinion regarding the classification of Tanzanius. For example,  Andrassy (2007) transferred the genus to the Paratylenchidae (Geraert, 2008). That may be partially supported by the rather swollen procorpus indicated in Siddiqi's drawings, however, the male feeding apparatus does not appear to be reduced/

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2007. Free-living nematodes of Hungary (Nematoda, Errantia), II. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 496 pp.

Geraert, E. 2008. The Tylenchidae of the world: identification of the family Tylenchidae (Nematoda). Gent, Academia Press: 540 pp

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Copyright  1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 16, 2024.