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Afrina tumefaciens
Body coiled when heat-killed
Basal bulb of esophagus large and irregular shape; slight overlap over intestine
Ovary eflexed
Male with testis extending almost to esophagus
Bursa from 1 body width anterior to cloaca , ending before tail tip.
Tail tip with a small projection
Ref: Van den Berg (1985)
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Dsecribed from seed galls in lawn grasses in South Africa, especially Bradley grass (Cynodon transvaalensis)
Afrina tumefaciens small ovoid galls on stems, leaves and rarely in flower heads (Barrantes-Infante et al., 2018)
Grasses
Galls contain as many as 9 adults and numerous eggs and juveniles (Van den Berg, 1985).
Ecophysiological Parameters:
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.