Ficotylus congestae		Contents		Rev 12/17/2024
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		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

      Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea

        Anguinidae

          Ficotylus congestae Davies, Ye, Giblin-Davis & Thomas, 2009
  

  Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• No median bulb. Esophageal glands overlapping intestine for a short distance, not enclosed in a terminal bulb.
• Female monovarial with post-vulval sac.
• Tail elongate conoid.
• Male with leptoderan bursa and curved to almost hook-shaped spicules; gubernaculum simple.

(Davies et al., 2009)

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Distribution:

Recorded from the figs (sycones or syconia) of Ficus congesta in Australia (Davies et al., 2009).

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

 Possibly feeding endoparasitically in the bracts of sycones.

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Hosts:

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

Sycones (figs) are closed inflorescences and nematodes of the genus Ficotylus probably have phoretic relationships with fig wasps and transferred between trees during pollination.

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Damage:

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Management:

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

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References:

Davies, K., Ye, W., Giblin-Davis, T.M. and Thomas, K. 2009  Ficotylus congestae gen. n., sp. n. (Anguinata), from Ficus congesta (Moraceae) sycones in Australia. Nematology 11: 63-75.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 17, 2024.