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Classification:

      Enoplea
       Triplonchida
        Diphtherophorina
         Diphtherophoidea
          Trichodoridae
           Trichodorinae

              Ecuadorus Andrassy, 1976

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Females:

  • Body configuration usually rounded at both ends.

  • Curved onchiostyle with dorsal groove.

  • Cuticle tends to swell in water and fixative when nematodes are killed.

  • Cuticle without pores.

  • Excretory pore near base of the pharynx.

  • Base of the pharynx does not overlap the intestine.

  • Female monodelphic, prodelphic; V = 60% – 65%.

  • Vagina short and weakly muscularized, pars refringens vaginae very small.

 
Males: Unknown

Ref. Holovachov and Shoshin, 2014

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Distribution:

Reported from Ecuador.

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Economic Importance:

 
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Feeding:

At root tip.     

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Hosts:

Nematodes in the Trichodoridae have a wide host range.  

For an extensive host range list for this genus, click
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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

 

 

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Management:

 

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References

Decraemer W. 1995. The Family Trichodoridae: Stubby Root and Virus Vector Nematodes. Developments in Plant Pathology, 6. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers

Decraemer, W. 2011. Virus vector families Part II. Trichdoridae.Academia Press, Gent.123p.

Holovachov, O., A Shoshin. 2014,  7.4 Order Triplonchida Cobb, 1919,  Handbook of Zoology. Gastrotricha â€¦,

Siddiqi, M. R. (2002): Equadorus equatorius gen. n., sp. n. and Nanidorus mexicanus sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichodoridae). Int. J. Nematol. 12: 197 – 202.

 
 
 
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Revised: July 30, 2020.