Paraiotonchium

  

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Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
              Tylenchida
                 Tylenchina
          Sphaerularioidea
                       Iotonchiidae

Paraiotonchium Slobodyanuk, 1975

Type species of the genus: Paraiotonchium autumnale (Nickle, 1967) Slobodyanyuk, 1975

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Female:  

  • Monodelphic, prodelphic, no postvulval uterine sac
  • Vulval flap absent
 

Males:  

  • Male stylet and esophagus not degenerate
  • Cylindroid spicules L-shaped
  • Bursa adanal

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

Entomoparasitic and free-living female generations.

 

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Life Cycle:

 
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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Management:

 

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References:

Siddiqi, M. R. 2000. Tylenchida: Parasites of plants and insects, 2nd ed. Wallingford: CABI Publishing.

Subbotin, S.A. 2014. Order Tylenchida Thorne, 1949. In Schmidt-Raesa, A. (ed). Handbook of Zoology: Gastroctricha, Cycloneurelia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin

Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R.G.M. de Goede, D.W.Freckman and S.S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families - an outline for ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331.

 

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Copyright  1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 15, 2023.