Metadiplogaster

Metadiplogaster	Contents	Rev: 05/14/2025
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea: Chromadoria; Rhabditina
Diplogastroidea: Diplogastridae

Metadiplogaster Weingartner, 1955 (in Meyl, 1960)
Considered a junior synonym of Diplogastrellus by Andrassy, 1984 and by Sudhaus and Furst von Lieven, 2003)

Synonyms:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Females:

Males:

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

Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Metadiplogaster

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

Andrassy, I. 1984. Klasse Nematoda (Ordnungen Monhysterida, Desmoscolecida, Araeolaimida, Chromadorida, Rhabditida). Stuttgart, Germany, Gustav Fischer, 509 pp.

Sudhaus, W. and Furst von Lieven, A. 2003. A phylogenetic classification and catalogue of the Diplogastridae (Secernentea, Nematoda). Journal of Nematode Morphology and Systematics 6: 43-90.

Kanzaki, N., Giblin-Davis, R.M.,. Zeng, Y., Ye, W., Center, B.J. 2008. Diplogastrellus metamasius n. sp. (Rhabditida: Diplogastridae) isolated from Metamasius hemipterus (L.) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in southern Florida and Costa Rica. Nematology 10:853-868.

Meyl, A.H. 1960. Die Freilebenden Erd- und Suswassernematoden (Fadenwurmer). In: Brohmer, P., Ehrmann, P. & Ulmer, G. (Eds). Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas, Vol. 1 (5a). Leipzig, Germany, Quelle & Meyer, 164 pp.

Weingartner, I. 1955. Versuch einer Neuordnung der Gattung Diplogaster Schulze 1857 (Nematoda). Zoologische JahrbÃ¯Â¿Â½cherr. Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere 83: 248-317.