Rhomborhabditis

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Rhabditoidea

        Rhabditidae

 

        Rhomborhabditis Andrassy, 1983
Type species of the genus: Rhomborhabditis stammeri (Volk, 1950)  Andrassy, 1983
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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

 


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

Rhomborhabditis regina has been isolated from the body cavity of beetle larvae.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Rhomborhabditis

  Bacterial feeders.

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 1983.. A taxonomic review of the suborder Rhabditina (Nematoda Secernentia). Orstom, Paris, 244 pp.

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary, I (Nematoda errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica 3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. 518p.

Sudhaus, W. and D. Fitch. 2001. Comparative Studies on the Phylogeny and Systematics of the Rhabditidae (Nematoda). J. Nematology 33:1-70.

Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331

 
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