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Classification:

Enoplea
       Dorylaimida
        Dorylaimina
         Dorylaimoidea
          Longidoridae
           Longidorinae

                         
            Xiphidorus  Monteiro, 1976

Type species of the genus is Xiphidorus yepesara Monteiro, 1976

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body length 2.o-6.3 mm
• Lip region expanded and set off by a depression in the curicle
• Amphids pouch-shaped with minute pore or slit-like aperture.
• Odontophore with weakly developed basal flanges.
• Guiding ring near the base of the odontostyyle
• Tai! convex-conoid or subdigitate in both sexes

Ref: Andrassy, 2009

Male: 

• 4-8 ventromedian supplements, anterior to spicules

Female:

• Didelphic-amphidelphic

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Distribution:

All species have been described from South America.

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

 Migratory ectoparasites of plant roots.    

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

Coomans, A., and Chaves, E. 1995. Xiphidorus michelluci n.g., n.sp. from Argentina (Nematoda : Longidoridae). Fundam. appl. Nematol., 18:303-306.

Coomans, A. Chaves, E., De Leon, L. 1996. Xiphidorini (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from Uruguay. .Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique, Biologie 66:5-15.

Decraemer, W, and Robbins, R.T. 2007.  The who, what and where of Longidoridae and Trichodoridae.  J. Nematology 39:295-297.

Roca, F., and Rios, A. 2006. Nematology 8:619-626.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 16, 2023.