Boomerangia

  

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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Criconematoidea
         Tylenchulidae
          Tylenchulinae

           Boomerangia Siddiqi, 1994

Type species of the genus: Boomerangia benigna Siddiqi, 1994

 Synonyms:
       

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Female:

  • Monodelphic-prodelphic
  • Vulva at 70% of body length
  • Rounded spermatheca
  • No post-vulval uterine sac

Male:

  • Vermiform, slightly arcuate
  • Stylet and esophagus degenerate
  • Gubernaculum small, bursa absent


Juveniles:

  •  Body similar to immature females
  • Stylet short but strong

Ref Ghaderi et al., 2016

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Two species described from tropical rainforest in Southwest Province, Cameroon

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Feeding:
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Hosts:
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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

 

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Management:

 

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References:

Ghaderi, R., Geraert, E., Karegar, A. 2016. TheTylenchulidae of the World. Acadewmia Press, Ghent, Belgium

Siddiqi, M.R.  1994. Nematodes of tropical rainforests 3. Three new genera and five new species of tylenchs. Afro-Asian J. Nematology 4:22-31.

 

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Revised: April 05, 2023.