Rev 08/04/2020
Tylenchida Aphelenchina Aphelenchoidea Aphelenchoididae Tylaphelenchinae
Pseudaphelenchus Kanzaki, Giblin-Davis, Scheffrahn, Center & Davies, 2009
Pseudaphelenchus is considered to be an intermediate clade between Aphelenchidae Fuchs, 1937 and Aphelenchoididae Skarbilovich, 1947 because it has a tylenchid-like bursa and aphelench-like esophageal glands and a phylogenetic position that is basal to the other aphelenchoidids.
There are similarities between Pseudaphelenchus and Tylaphelenchus Ruhm, 1956 so Kanzaki et al (2014) established the subfamily Tylaphelenchinae Kanzaki, Li, Lan & Giblin-Davis, 2014. .
A genus associated with subterranean termites.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Kanzaki, N., H.F Li, Y.C Lan, R.M Giblin-Davis. 2014. Description of two Pseudaphelenchus species (Tylenchomorpha: Aphelenchoididae) associated with Asian termites and proposal of Tylaphelenchinae n. subfam. Neematology 16: 963-978.