Trichotylenchus

 

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Classification:

      
Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
           Telotylenchidae
             Telotylenchinae

          Trichotylenchus Whitehead, 1960

Type species of the genus: Trichotylenchus falciformis Whitehead, 1960

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Lip region continuous with body contour.  In SEM face views, oral disc lemon-shaped, submedian lobes low and flattened, lateral lobes completely regressed.

Amphid apertures appear as slits or pores at lateral edge of labial disc.  

Stylet attenuated, 15 to 25 µm long, with needle-like cone (somewhat stronger in T. palustris).  

Lateral field areolated, with three lines.

Deirids absent.  

Tail long, three to six times as long as wide, cylindroid, with a broadly rounded or clavate end, sometimes with thicker cuticle at tail tip. 

Male spicules with well-developed velum; bent gubernaculum.

[Ref: Fortuner & Luc, (1987).]

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Hosts:

 
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Life Cycle:

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References:

 Fortuner & Luc, Rev. Nematol. 10:183-202 (1987)

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Revised: September 14, 2023.