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Classification:

Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
           Dolichodoridae
             Meiodorinae

              Meiodorus hollisi Siddiqi, 1976

Meiodorus hollisi Siddiqi, 1976 is the type sepecies of the genus.


    Synonyms:
      None.
  

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Females:

  • Cephalic region  offset.
  • Lip region annulated, not lobed
  • Lateral field areolated with 3 incisures.
  • Stylet slender - 11-26 µm, needle-like conus.
  • Median bulb oval, mot very offset from isthmus.
  • Basal bulb of esophagus pyriform with cardia at base
  • Female reproductive system diovarial, ovaries outstretched,with round or oval spermatheca, in line.
  • Vulva raised, thick labia.
  • Tail elongate conoid

      Ref: Siddiqi, 1976.

 

Males:

  • Spicules flanged; gubernaculum protrusible
  • Caudal alae trilobed with lateral lobes not projecting beyond tail tip.
  • Male tail tip pointed.
  • Tails broadly rounded.

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
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Distribution:

Described from soil in a fallowed rice field, Klondike, Louisiana, USA.
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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

  Probably a migratory ectoparasite of plant roots.

 

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Damage:

 

 

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Management:

Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:

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References:

Geraert, E. 2011.  The Dolichodoridae of the World.  Academia Press, Gent 520p.

Siddiqi, M.R. 1976. New plant nematode genera Plesiodorus (Dolichodorinae), Meiodorus (Meiodorinae subfam. n.), Amplimerlinius (Merliniinae) and Gracilancea (Tylodoridae grad. n.). Nematologica 22:390-416.

 

 

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Revised: February 01, 2021.