Histotylenchus

  

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Classification:
Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
           Telotylenchidae
             Telotylenchinae

          Histotylenchus Siddiqi, 1971
   

Synonyms:
   

 In Histotylenchus the basal bulb of the esophagus has the dorsal gland overlapping the intestine as in Telotylenchus but not in Paratrophurus (Castillo et al., 1989).

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Lip region either continuous with body contour or offset
  • Stylet of medium lemgth; conus with an angular lumen
  • Lateral field with 4 incisures, usually areolated
  • Metacorpus valve large
  • Postcorpus of esophagus with glands overlapping intestine
  • Intestine with caudal sac extending into tail

Female:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic; ovaries outstretched and about equal in length
  • Female tail short, cylindroid, rounded with striated terminus

Male

[Ref: Andrassy, 2007; Castillo et al., 1989; Landman, 2011]

 
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Distribution:

Several species are reported from southern Africa.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:
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Hosts:
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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
 
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Damage:

 

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Management:

 

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2007. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary II.  Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 496p.

Castrillo, P., Siddiqi, M.R., Gomez-Barcina, A., 1989. Studies on the genus Paratrophurus Arias (Nematoda: Tylenchida) with description of two new species Nematologia Mediterranea 17:83-95.

Landman, H. 2011. Taxonomic review of the genus Histotylenchus Siddiqi, 1971 (Nematoda: Belonolaimidae) in South Africa. Univ. Free Stae, scholar.ufs.ac.za

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 03, 2020.