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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Diplogastria
   Diplogastrida
    Diplogastroidea
Diplogastridae
        Butlerius Goodey, 1929
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        Synonyms:

    Monobutlerius (Andrassy, 1984) Shokoohi, Panahi, Fourie & Abolafia, 2015

    Note: Andrassy (2005) separated species based on the female reproductive systems into Butlerius for didelphic species and erected the genus Monobutlerius spp for monodelphic species . However, based on the similar morphology of their stomas and similarity of DNA profiles, Shokoohi et al (2015) synonymised Butlerius and Monobutlerius and all monodelphic species were transferred to Butlerius.

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    Morphology and Anatomy:

    The genus s characterised mainly by having long labial setae, a stoma divided into two chambers separated by a thorn-like dorsal tooth, and a filiform tail in both sexes (Shokoohi and Abolafia (2021).

    Butlerius butleri, anterior (A) and anterior ingesting prey (B)

    from Shokoohi et al., 2015

    		 Females:

    Stoma barrel-shaped. long and wide with thorn-like tooth.
    Didelphic, amphidelphic or monodelphic, prodelphic

      
     Ref: Shokoohi et al., 2015
    Males:  

    Monorchic

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

    Usually found in rotting materials and compost, but rarely in aquatic substrates (Shokoohi and Abolafia, 2021).

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    Feeding:

    Predator nematodes.

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    Life Cycle:

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    Management:

     
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    References:

    Andrassy I. 2005. Free-living nematodes of Hungary (Nematoda errantia). Vol. 1. Pedozoologica Hungarica 3: 518 pp.

    Girgan, C., Du Preez, G., Fourie, H., Rashidifard, M. 2021. Morphological and molecular characterization of Butlerius butleri Goodey, 1929 (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from South Africa: First report. J. Nematology 53:| DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2021-026

    Shokoohi, E., Panahi, H., Fourie, H., Abolafia, J. 2015. Butlerius butleri Goodey, 1929 (Rhabditida) from Iran with the phylogenetic position of the species. J. Nematology 47:370-380.

    Shokoohi, E., Abolafia, J. 2021. Redescription of a predatory and cannibalistic nematode, Butlerius butleri Goodey, 1929 (Rhabditida: Diplogastridae), from South Africa, including its first SEM study. Nematology 23:969-986

    Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: August 09, 2023.