Ptychaphelenchus

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Classification:

      Chromadorea
       Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
         Aphelenchoidea
          Aphelenchoididae
           Aphelenchoidinae

Ptychaphelenchus Huston, Khudir & Hodda, 2023

Type species of the genus: Ptychaphelenchus eucalypticola Hodda, 2009

Synonyms:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Ptychaphelenchus eucalypticola was first described from the bark of Eucalyptus macrorhyncha from the Australian Capital Territory (Hodda, 2009).

The genus is characterised by:

a clearly offset head,
a long pharyngeal gland lobe,
gonads with an anterior reflexion and a well-developed posterior branch,
tail tip with three unfringed protuberances.
Males are distinct in having three pairs of subventral papillae posterior to the cloaca and a pair of semicircular flaps midway between the cloaca and tail tip.

Ref: Huston et al., 2023

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Distribution:

Described from samples taken from the bark of Eucalyptus macrorhyncha.in Australia

Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Hodda, M. 2009. Ptychaphelenchus eucalypticola gen. nov., sp. nov. (Nematoda: Panagrolaimida: Aphelenchoidoididae) from wood and bark of Eucalyptus macrorhyncha in Australia, with a discussion of generic relationships and a key to genera of Aphelenchoididae and Parasitaphelenchidae. Trans.Royal Society of South Australia 133, 183-194. DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2009.10887118

Huston, D.C., Khudhir, M., Hodda, M. 2023. Phylogenetic position of Ptychaphelenchus eucalypticola Hodda, 2009 within the Aphelenchoidoidea Skarbilovich, 1947 (Siddiqi, 1980) inferred from partial 18S and 28S rDNA gene sequences. Nematology 25:59-76.