Bursaphelenchus sycophilus

Bursaphelenchus sycophilus	Contents	Rev 05/18/2021
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Rhabditida
Tylenchina
Aphelenchoidea
Aphelenchoididae; Bursaphelenchinae; Bursaphelenchinae

Bursaphelenchus sycophilus Kanzaki, Tanaka, Giblin-Davis & Davies, 2014

Morphology and Anatomy:

	Female: . Similar to other plant-parasitic species of the genus, the stylet and esophageal glands are more strongly-developed than in the mycophagous species (Kanzaki et al., 2014).
Male:
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Life Cycle:

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Probably disseminated through phoretic relationships with fig wasps. Ficus trees are pollinated by highly specialized fig wasps (Agaonidae). Female wasps carrying pollen enter the young fig through a small hole (ostiole) at the apex of the fig, pollinating it and laying eggs in individual female florets within the fig syconium. After pollination, the syconium develops and the ostiole swells shut during subsequent seed development. Fig wasp larvae feed within infested female florets (seed galls) and develop into winged female and wingless male adults. Males emerge first from their respective seed galls and bore holes into the seed galls housing females for mating access. They then bore exit holes through the syconial wall to allow female wasps carrying the pollen to exit. Several phoretic and parasitic invertebrates, including nematodes and mites, have been reported from figs and fig wasps. Ftes, e.g., nematodes [9]â€“[12] and mites [11], [13], have been reported from figs and fig wasps. Further, the nematode genus Parasitodiplogaster Poinar, which parasitizes the fig wasps, has been examined as a model system of species radiation and the evolution of pathogenicity [10]. Nevertheless, because of the apparent ubiquity of such associations and the large number of Ficus species that occur worldwide (>700 species), the diversity of fig-associated nematodes (and mites) is far from being fully understood, and further intense surveys of diversity are needed.