Apratylenchus

 

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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.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Female:

  • Immature females motile.
  • Mature females sedentary and club-shaped., broadest in the posterior third although narrowing posterior to the vulva (V= 85%).
  • Cephalic region is low and dome-shaped with all labial sectors fused .
  • Esophageal glands overlap the intestine ventrally.

Ref. Trink et al. 2009.

Male: 

  • Motile.
  • Body shape stout and cylindrical.
  • Weak stylet with reduced knobs .
  • Tail conical with blunt terminus.
  • Spicules arcuate.
  • Gubernaculum non-protrusible.

 


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Distribution:

Two species described from coffee plantations in Vietnam.

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Economic Importance:

 

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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:

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: December 21, 2024.