Rhabditophanes

 

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Classification:

 

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Rhabditoidea

        Alloionematidae

       
Rhabditophanes Fuchs, 1930

 The position of the genus Rhabditophanes in the Alloionematidae is considered questionable as other genera in the fasmily, Alloionema and Neoalloionema, are closely associated with slugs and snails while Rhabdiophanes spp. tend to be associated with beetles (Nermat et al., 2016).

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

 Probably bacterivorous; occur in rotting wood, excrement and frass of bark beetles. In cow dung they are associated with Aphodius beetles while R. schneideri has  been reported as being phoretic on cave pseudoscorpions (Nermut et al., 2016).

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Life Cycle:

 

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References:

Nermut, J., V. Puza and Z. Mrac�ek. 2016. Neoallionema indicum n. sp. (Nematoda: Alloionematidae), a new Alloionematid from India. Nematology 16:949-962.

 

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