Afrina spermophaga

Afrina spermophaga	Contents	Rev 12/17/2024
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Classification:

Chromadorea Rhabditida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea
Anguinidae
Afrina spermophaga (Steiner, 1937) Van den Berg, 1985
Synonyms:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Afrina spermophaga may have 4 incisures in lateral field (specimens unclear).
Basal bulb of esophagus large and irregular shape; slight overlap over intestine
Vulva a prominent slit
Ovary outstreched or reflexed
Male with testis extending alnost to esophagus
Bursa from 1.5 body widths anterior to cloaca to tail tip.

Ref: Van den Berg (1985)

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

Distribution:

Dsecribed from seed galls in inflorescence of Saccharum spontaneum grown in Virginia USA but with seed originating in Russia.

Hosts:

Saccharum spontaneum is type host.

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Management:

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

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Barrantes-Infante, B.L.,Schroeder, B.K., Subbotin, S.A. and Murray, T.D. 2018. Afrina sporoboliae sp. n. (Nematoda: Anguinidae) Associated with Sporobolus cryptandrus from Idaho, United States: Phylogenetic Relationships and Population Structure. Phytopathology 108:768-779.

Brzeski, M. W. 1981. The genera of Anguinidae (Nematoda, Tylenchida). Rev. Nematol. 4:23-34.

Van den Berg, E. 1985. Notes on the genus Afrina (Brzeski, 1981) Anguinidae: Nematoda) with description of new and known species. Phytophylactica 17:69-79.