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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Anguinidae

          Litylenchus Zhao, Davies, Alexander & Riley, 2011

Type species of the genus: Litylenchus coprosma Zhao, Davies, Alexander & Riley, 2011

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Slender to semi-obese, cylindrical nematodes, barely curved around ventral axis.
• Lacking sexual dimorphism in head, pharyngeal and tail characters.
• Cuticle with fine annulations, head offset.
• Stylet short, 9-12 um, robust, with rounded knobs.
• Pharynx with non-muscular fusiform median bulb, valve may be present. P
• haryngeal glands contained in a large terminal bulb abutting intestine, three large nuclei present.
• Secretory/excretory pore opening 1- 1.5 body diam. posterior to nerve ring.
• Female monodelphic, prodelphic with quadricolumella and post-uterine sac.
• Male with arcuate spicules and simple gubernaculum.
• Male bursa arising 1-2 cloacal body diam. anterior to cloacal, extending nearly to tail tip.
• Tail medium, conoid, tip shape variable, usually bluntly rounded in male, more variable in female.

Ref: Zhao et al., 2011

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Adults and juveniles of the type species, L. coprosma, collected from within leaves on Coprosma repens did not form galls in the leaves. (Zhao et al.,  2011).

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Damage:

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References:

Zhao, Z.Q., Davies, K., Alexander, B., and Riley, I.T. 2011. Nematology 13:29-44.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 13, 2023.