Rev 01/30/2020
Chromadorea
Rhabditia
Rhabditida
Rhabditoidea
Alloionematidae
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).
Males:
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).
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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