Huntaphelenchoides

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Classification:

       Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
         Aphelenchoidea
          Aphelenchoididae
           Ektaphelenchinae

Huntaphelenchoides Nickle, 1970

Morphology and Anatomy:

Lip region slightly offset.
Stylet delicate, 11-14 um long, with small basal knobs.
Esophageal glands short.

Female:

Monodelphic, prodelphic
Female tail conical, tapering to rounded tip.

Male:

Spicules paired, not fused, wide, with prominent rostrum. Tip of sclerotized portion of ventral element appears to terminate
some distance posterior to and separated from tip of dorsal element.
Male tail shorter than that of female, more conical.
Male tail with 2 pairs of caudal papillae and with short terminal caudal alae.
Gubernaculum absent

Ref: Nickle, 1970.

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Probably fungal-feeding. Type species, Huntaphelenchoides hunti, reported from a diseased bulb of Lilium tigrinum intercepted
by Plant Quarantine Inspector N. R. Hunt in a shipment from Japan (Nickle, 1970).

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References:

Nickle, W.R. 1970. A Taxonomic Review of the Genera of the Aphelenchoidea (Fuchs, 1937) Thorne, 1949 (Nematoda: Tylenchida) . J. Nematology 2:375-392.