Trophurus

 

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Classification:

      
Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
           Telotylenchidae
             Telotylenchinae

          Trophurus Loof, 1956

Type species of the genus: Trophurus imperialis Loof, 1956
   

Synonyms:
      Clavaurotylenchus (Caveness, 1958)

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Body medium-sized to large.  

Lip region bullet-shaped (conoid-rounded), continuous with body contour.  SEM face view appears to be smooth, with the labial disc and labial sectors fused in a single structure (Sher & Bell, 1975).  

Stylet 10 to 20 µm long.  

Esophageal glands abutting, pyriform.  

Tail cylindroid, with a broadly rounded terminus, sometimes rather short for the family, with thick cuticle at the distal extremity.  

Females:  Have only one genital branch.  Posterior branch is atrophied to a post-uterine sac; however, the vulva is at mid-body.

Ref: Fortuner & Luc, (1987).

 


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Hosts:

 
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References:

Fortuner, R., Luc, M. 1987.  Reappraisal of Tylenchina 6. Belonolaimidae. Revue Nematologie 10:182-203.

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