Safianema

 

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Anguinidae

         Safianema Siddiqi, 1980

Type species of the genus: Safianema lutonense Siddiqi, 1980

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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General morphology of Safianema is similar to that of  the Anguinidae except for the shorter male and female tails.
  • Body small-sized (usually < 1mm), slender.
  • Lateral fields with 6 incisures.
  • Deirids present near level of excretory pore.
  •  Lip region low, flattened, smooth.
  • Stylet small, with conus less than half its length and small rounded basal knobs.
  • Median esophageal bulb oval, valvate.
  • Cardia absent.
  • Esophageal glands extending over intestine mostly laterally; dorsal gland enormously developed.
  • Tail in both sexes elongate-conoid to filiform.

Ref: Siddiqi, 1980

Safianema lutonense A. Female head end. B. Male head end. C. Spicular region. D. Female esophageal regien. E. Female. F. Female rectal region. G-I. Female tails. J. Male tail. K. Vulval region
from Siddiqi, 1980

Males:

  • Spicules ventrally arcuate, anteriorly expanded.
  • Gubernaculum small, trough-shaped, fixed.
  •  Sperm cells large, rounded.
  • Caudal alae adanal or may extend to cover up to 65% of tail.  

Females:

  • Prodelphic, gonad well developed, outstretched.
  • Quadricolumella well developed.
  • Spermatheca elongated, axial.
  • Ovary with a single row of oocytes.
  •  Posterior branch reduced to a uterine sac.

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Distribution:

Type species described from peaty soil under an oak tree in Luton, England.  Genus named for the daughter of M.R. Siddiqi, Safia Fatima Siddiqi, who collected the type species.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

 

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Hosts:

    

 
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Damage:

 

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References:

Siddiqi, M.R. 1980. Two new nematode genera, Safianema (Anguinidae) and Discotylenchus (Tylenchidae), with descriptions of three new species. Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 47:85-94.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 14, 2023.