Aspidonema kashmirensis

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Classification:

Chromadorea
Rhabditida Rhabditina Bunonematoidea
Bunonematidae

Aspidonema kashmirensis Nazir & Tahseen, 2020

Synonym:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Female:

Right side body cuticle ornamented with shields, warts and networks.
Left side of body with five longitudinal ridges.
Shields on right side are transversely-ovoid, with strongly sclerotized borders and a pair of elliptical slits for the underlying warts. Fine pores observed under SEM are present on the surface of the shields. .

Male:

Bifid tail.
Long, thin, free spicules.
Distally hooked gubernaculum.
Asymmetrical, leptoderan bursa.
Eight pairs of genital papillae

Ref: Nazir and Tahseen, 2020.

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Distribution:

Described by Nazir and Tahseen (2020) from mint leaf beetles (Chrysolina herbacea) in India.

Many nematode species of the Bunonematoidea appear to have phoretic relationships with insects, particularly insects in the order Coleoptera and family Scarabaeidae. The type of phoresy may be interpreted from the insect body parts invaded by the nematodes and the elaborate cuticular ornamentations and extracuticular deposits of the nematodes that apparently aid their survival in the stressful environments of the insect body (Nazir et al., 2019).

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Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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References:

Fuchs, G. 1930. Neue an Borken und RÃ»sselkÃ¢fer gebundene Nematoden, halbparasitische und Wohnungseinmieter. Freilebende Nematoden aus Moos und Walderde in Borken-und RusselkÃ¢fergangeri. Z00L Jahrb. (Syst.), 5g, p. 5o6-646, 177 fig.

Nazir, N., Mahboob, M., Jahan, R., Tahseen, Q. 2019. A Preliminary Study on the Insect Associations and Cuticular Modifications in Some Phoretic Nematodes. Indian J. Nematology 49:83-90.

Nazir, N., Tahseen, Q. 2020. Description of a new species of Aspidonema (Sachs, 1949) AndrÃ¡ssy, 1958 (Nematoda: Bunonematidae) associated with mint leaf beetle Chrysolina herbacea (Duftschmid, 1825) from India. Zootaxa 4760;1