Rev 07/21/2022
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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:
Dsecribed from seed galls in inflorescence of Saccharum spontaneum grown in Virginia USA but with seed originating in Russia.
Afrina spermophaga induces seed galls.
Saccharum spontaneum is type host.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Induces seed galls.
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
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.