Tricephalobus

  

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Classification

Biology and Ecology

Morphology and Anatomy

Life Cycle

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Ecosystem Functions and Services

Distribution

Management

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Feeding

 References
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Classification:

      Chromadorea
          Rhabditida
         Rhabditia

Tylenchina

Panagrolaimoidea

          Panagrolaimidae

Tricephalobinae

Tricephalobus Steiner, 1936

Tricephalobus is now considered a junior synonym of Neocephalobus (Bhat et al., 2025).

Synonyms:

 Trilabiatus Goodey, 1963

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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:

 

 

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Tricephalobus

 

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Biology and Ecology:

Usually associated with bark beetles.  Also associated with collapse of colonies of sandflies.

 

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

 

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Management:

 

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2005. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary I. Hungarian Natural History Museum 518p.

Bhat, A.H., Yadav, K., Abolafia, J., Chaubey, A.K., Fouad, D., Machado, R.A.R. 2025. Redescription of Neocephalobus aberrans Steiner, 1929 (Rhabditida, Panagrolaimidae) with restoration of the genus and its taxonomic implications. Nematology 27: 561-581.

 

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Revised: January 21, 2026 .