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Classification:

Chromadorea

Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Drilonematoidea

             Drilonematidae

Diceloidinae

          Araguanema Ivanova & Hope, 2004
   

Type species of the genus: Araguanema venezuelae Ivanova & Hope, 2004

Synonyms:
    

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Mouth aperture small. Lips absent. Stoma small, bowl-shaped, cuticularised walls
• Four bristle-like sensilla slightly distanced from mouth aperture.
• Number of fimbriate (fringed) sensory organs in lateral field organs differing among specimens,
• Vesicular sensory organs also present in lateral field
•  four cephalic papillae,
•  inconspicuous amphids,
•  muscular, clavate pharynx with the long corpus expanded at anterior, an isthmus and a basal bulb,
•  nerve ring encircling isthmus,
•  wide anus with long protruding fibres.

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Distribution:

Reported from earthworms of the family Glossoscolecidae of Central and South A.merica. Collected in specimens from Ecuador.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Araguanema

     Parsites of thoracic cavity of earthworms

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Hosts:

 Aptodrilus fuhrmanni (Annelida: Glossoscolecidae)

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Ivanova, E.S. 2016. Araguanema mutabile sp. nov., a new species of a rare genus (Drilonematoidea: Cephalobomorpha) parasitic in earthworms of Ecuador. Rev. Suisse Zool. 123:243-258.

Ivanova E.S., Hope W.D. 2004. Two new nematode genera (Rhabditida: Drilonematoidea) with somatic sensory organs from earthworms deposited in the Smithsonian Institution’s Natural History Museum. Nematology 6: 421-436

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