Boomerangia benigna

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Classification:

Tylenchida
      Criconematina
        Tylenchuloidea
       Tylenchulidae
   Tylenchulinae

Boomerangia benigna Siddiqi, 1994

Type species of the genus

Synonyms:

None.

Morphology and Anatomy:

See characteristics of the genus Boomerangia

Pre-adult female vermiform
Body arcuate, boomerang shaped when relaxed.
Cuticle thin, finely striated; no lateral field visible.
Head conoid-rounded, continous with body contour.
Stylet short but strong, 2.5x head width, prominent basal knobs.
Esophagus tylenchoid with thin-walled procorpus, muscular oval m slender isthmus and pyriform posterior bulb.
Discoid cardia
Excretory pore at level of basal esophageal bulb.
Tail ventrally arcuate, tapering to a small, rounded terminus

Female:

Monodelphic-prodelphic
Vulva a transverse slit at around 70% of body length
Rounded spermatheca with small round sperm
Ovary outstretched, no post-vulval uterine sac

Ref Ghaderi et al., 2016

Male:

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

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Distribution:

Described from Korup tropical rainforest soil in Southwest Province, Cameroon

Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:

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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.