Rev 02/23/2024
Tylenchida Tylenchina Criconematoidea Tylenchuloidea Sphaeronematidae or Tylenchulidae
Sphaeronema californicum Raski and Sher, 1952
Type species of the genus
Synonyms: Goodeyella (Siddiqi, 1986) Tumiota (Siddiqi, 1986) Macroposthonia (de Man, 1921)
Drawings of Sphaeronema californicum from Raski and Sher, 1952
All stages:
Female:
Male:
[Ref: Raski & Luc, (1987); Ghaderi et al., 2016.]
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Tomales Bay, and several other locations in California.
California Laurel (Umbellularia californica) and Arctostaphylos sp..
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Ghaderi, R., Geraert, E., Karegar, A. 2016. The Tylenchulidae 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.
Raski, D.J., Sher, S.A. 1952. Sphaeronema californicum, nov. gen. nov, spec. (Criconematiodaem Sphaeronematinae, nov. subfam.) an endoparasite of the roots of certain plants. Proc. Helminth. Soc. Washington 19:77-80.