Apratylenchus		Contents		Rev 04/15/2025
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Classification:

     Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Pratylenchidae
          Pratylenchinae (or Aprtaylenchinae)

           Apratylenchus Trinh, Waeyenberge, Nguyen,  Baldwin,  Karssen, & Moens, 2009.

Type species is Aprtaylenchus vietnamensis Trinh, Waeyenberge, Nguyen,  Baldwin,  Karssen, & Moens, 2009.

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Cuticle with transverse rows of cuticular tubercles on the annuli
• Pronounced sexual dimorphism with males are stout and cylindrical, but mature females sedentary and club-shaped. .
• The authors of the genus proposed a new subfamily: Apratylenchinae to accommodate this genus in the Pratylenchidae.

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Distribution:

Two species described from coffee plantations in Vietnam.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Apratylenchus

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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:

Andrássy, I. 2007. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary (Nematoda Errantia)  Vol. II.  Hungarian Natural History Museum. Budapest. Hungary, 496 pp.

Trinh, P.Q., Waeyenberge, L., Nguyen, C.N., Baldwin, J.G., Karssen, G., and Moens, M. 2009. Apratylenchus vietnamensis gen. n., sp. n. and A. binhi gen. n., sp. n., sedentary Pratylenchidae (Nematoda: Tylenchida) from coffee in Vietnam, with proposal of Apratylenchinae subfam. n.. Nematology 11:565-581.

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: April 15, 2025.