Parasitorhabditis

  

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Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Rhabditoidea

        Rhabditidae

       
Parasitorhabditis Fuchs, 1937

   A genus of nematodes having parasitic or phoretic relationships with bark beetles of the Cerambycidae.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 Males:

Species within Parasitorhabditis have among the most variable male tail ray patterns of genera of Rhabditida (Carta et al., 2020; Sudhaus and Fitch, 2001).

 

 

Female:

 

 


Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
 
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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Parasitorhabditis

  Associates of bark beetles, perhaps phoretic, perhaps necromenic.  Have been cultured from juveniles to adults on malt agar, or on water or potato-dextrose agar sdupporting fungi (Carta et al., 2010).

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Biology and Ecology:

 

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Life Cycle:

 

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Carta, L.K., Bauchan, G., Hsu,C-Y,. Yuceer, C. 2010. Description of Parasitorhabditis frontali n. sp. (Nemata: Rhabditida) from Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). J. Nematology 42:46-54

Sudhaus, W., Fitch, D. 2001. Comparative studies on the phylogeny and systematics of Rhabditidae (Nematoda). J. Nematology 33:1-70.

 

 

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Revised: May 19, 2025.

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