Tylenchocriconema

  

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Classification:

      Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
Tylenchuloidea
   Tylenchulidae
     Paratylenchinae
          Tylenchocriconema Raski & Siddiqui 1975
Type species of the genus: Tylenchocriconema alleni Raski & Siddiqui 1975
 
Synonyms: 
          None.
Additional information:   Tylenchocriconema alleni is the only known species.
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Morphology and Anatomy:

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 The genus Tylenchocriconema has characteristics of the subfamily Tylenchocriconematinae.

In summary: procarpus amalgamated with metacorpus; isthmus distinct and slender; long postcarpus with enclosed glands; cuticle finely annulated. 

Females: Long, slender, prominent stylet; single ovary. 

 

Males: Stylet absent; degenerate esophagus; do not feed; have no sheath; have long, curved spicules and long, slender caudal alae.

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

 

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Feeding:

Migratory ectoparasites.      
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Hosts:

 

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

 

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References:

Ghaderi, R., Geraert, E., Karegar, A. 2016. The Tylenchulidae of the World. Academia Press, Ghent, Belgium

Lehman, P.S. 1986. Tylenchocriconema alleni, a pathogen of the bromeliad, Tillandsia flabellata. Florida Dept. of Agric. Nematology Circular 129.

Raski, D.J. and Luc, M. 1987. A reappraisal of Tylenchina (Nematoda) 10. The superfamily Criconematoidea Taylor, 1936. Revue de Nematologie 10:409-444.

H. Ferris 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 17, 2024.