Laimaphelenchus preissi

Laimaphelenchus preissi	Contents	Rev 25-05-2021
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Chromadorea
Tylenchida
Aphelenchina
Aphelenchoidea
Aphelenchoididae; Bursaphelenchinae
: Laimaphelenchus preissii Zhao, Davies, Riley & Nobbs, 2006

Morphology and Anatomy:

Laimaphelenchus preissii 1, female; 2, male; 3, spicules; 4, vulval region; 5, lateral field; 6, male tail; 7, female anterior end; 8, female tail. Scale bars = 50 μm, 1, 2, 4 - 8; 25 μm, 3.

From Zhao et al., 2006.

Female:

Anterior lip of vulva forming a flap over the vulva.

Gonad with spermatheca and long postuterine sac containing cells, possibly sperm(?).

Female tail has one broad tubercule with about ten projections.

Photographs of Laimaphelenchus preissii from Zhao et al., 2006.

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Distribution:

Described from bark of Callitris preissii, native pine in Australia.

Feeding:

Laimaphelenchus preissii was found in the bark of native pine C. preissii, but not in the wood. It appeared to be feeding on fungi or lichens growing on the bark of the tree.

It was cultured successfully on Botrytis cinerea, Monilinia fructicola and Rhizoctonia solani with the best growth occurred on B. cinerea.

No insects appeared to be associated with it on the host pine trees.

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Fungivore; Laimaphelenchus is not considered pathogenic on conifers.

References:

Baujard, P. 1981. Revue taxonomique du genre Laimaphelenchus Fuchs, 1937 et description de Laimaphelenchus pini n. sp. Revue de Nematologie 4:75-92.

Bongers, T. 1994. De Nematoden Van Nederland.

Braasch, H. & H. Schmutzenhofer (2000) Bursaphelenchus abietinus sp. n. (Nematoda:Parasitaphelenchidae) associated with fir bark beetles (Pityokteines spp.) from declining silver fir trees in Austria. Russian Journal of Nematology 8, 1-6.

Elmiligy, I. and E. Geraert. 1972. Laimaphelenchus deconincki n. sp. (Nematoda: Tylenchida). Biol. Jaarb. Konink. Natuur. Genoot. 39:145-149.

Doucet. M.E. 1992. A new species of the genus Laimaphelenchus, Fuchs 1937 (Nemata: Aphelenchina). Fundamental and Applied Nematology 15:1-6.

Massey, C.L. 1966. The nematode parasites and associates of Dendrocyonus adjunctus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in New Mexico. Annals. Entom. Soc. America. 59:424-440.

Massey, C.L. 1974. Biology and taxonomy of nematode parasites and associates of bark beetles in the United States. Agric. Handb. USDA 446:233p.

Zhao, Z.Q., Davies, K.A., Riley, I.T. and Nobbs, J.M. 2006. Laimaphelenchus preissii sp. nov. (Nematoda: Aphelenchina) from native pine Callitris preissii in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of S. Aust. 130, 10-16.

Davies, K.A. & R.M. Giblin-Davis (2004) The biology and associations of Fergusobia (Nematoda) from the Melaleuca leucadendra complex in Queensland and New South Wales, with descriptions of new species. Invertebrate Systematics 18, 291-319.

Hunt, D.J. (1993) Aphelenchida, Longidoridae and Trichodoridae: Their Systematics and Bionomics. (University Press, Cambridge).

Peneva, V. & N. Chipev (1999) Laimaphelenchus helicosoma (Maslen, 1979) n. comb. (Nematoda: Aphelenchida) from the Livingston Island (the Antarctic). Bulgarian Antarctic Research: Life Science 2, 57-61.

Steiner, G. & E. Buhrer (1934) Aphelenchoides xylophilus, n. sp., a nematode associated with blue-stain and other fungi in timber. Journal of Agricultural Research 48, 949-951.

Sutherland, J.R. & J.M. Webster (1993) Nematode Pests of Forest Trees. (CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

Swart, A. (1997) Description of Laimaphelenchus patulus sp. n. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Pinus pinaster Ait. South Africa. African Plant Protection 3, 23-28.