Devibursaphelenchus

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Classification:

       Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
         Aphelenchoidea
          Aphelenchoididae
           Ektaphelenchinae

Devibursaphelenchus Kakuliya, 1967

The genus was considered by Andrassy (2007) to be a junior synonym of Bursaphelenchus. However, it is currently recognized by othe authorities, e.g. Kanzaki et al., 2022,

Morphology and Anatomy:

Strong stylet with wide lumen, usually without basal thickenings or knobs
Lip region offset by a constriction.
Propminent aphelenchid metacorpus, elongate-oval.
Excretroy pore posterior to metacorpus.
Vulva posterior, without flap; vagina usually sclerotized.
Male tail strongly curved with distinct terminal bursa; strong hook-shaped spicules.

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Usually found associated with tree bark and associated with bark beetle galleries. Some species have predaory behavior on other nematodes. For example, males, females and juveniles of Devibursaphelenchus wangi were observed feeding on Aphelenchoides sp. The bodies of Aphelenchoides sp. were penetrated by the stylets of D. wangi (Gu et al., 2010).

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References:

Aliramaji, F., Pourjam, E., Atighi, M.R., Karegar, A., Pedram, M. 2014. Devibursaphelenchus kheirii sp. n. (Nematoda: Ektaphelenchinae) from Iran with remarks of Devibursaphelenchus Kauliya, 1967. Nematology 16: 1069-1078.

Andrassy, I, 2007. Free-living Nemaodes of Hungary Vol 2. Hungarian Natural History Museum. Budapest,

Gu, J., Wang, J. and Zheng, J. 2010. Devibursaphelenchus wangi sp. n. (Nematoda: Ektaphelenchinae) feeding on Aphelenchoides sp. Russian Journal of Nematology 18:49-57.

Guo, K., Gu, J., Wang, J. & Hu, J. (2014). Redescription of Devibursaphelenchus hunanensis (Yin et al., 1988). (Nematoda: Ektaphelenchinae) from Pinus massoniana in China with the synonymy of D. eproctatus (Sriwati et al., 2008). Scientia Silvae Sinicae 50, 82-89. DOI: 10.11707/j.1001-7488. 20140712

Kakulia, G.A. 1967.. [New nematode genus, Devibursaphelenchus n. g. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae).] Soobschcheniya Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR 47, 439-443.

Kanzaki, N., Hamaguchi, K., Takeeuchi-Kaneko, Y. 2022. Devibursaphelenchus alienae n. sp. isolated from the bark of dead Quercus aliena in Japan. Nematology 24:205-224.