Mononchoides gaugleri

Mononchoides gaugleri	Contents	Rev: 12/17/2024
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea: Chromadoria; Rhabditina
Diplogastroidea: Neodiplogastridae
Mononchoidinae

Mononchoides gaugleri Siddiqi, Bilgrami and Tabassum, 2004

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Females:

Males:

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Feeding:

Predator on other nematodes. Can be cultured on bacteria. Switches feeding to other nematodes or bacteria when target prey populations are reduced Bilgrami et al., 2005.

	Mononchoides gaugleri was cultured on Eschirichia coli on 2% agar. Soil cores were inoculated with 2000 Mononchoides gaugleri or left uninoculated. After 30 days, numbers of plant-feeding nematodes were significantly lower than in the cores not treated with M. gaugleri.

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Bilgrami, A.L., Brey C. and Gaugler, R. 2008. First field release of a predatory nematode, Mononchoides gaugleri (Nematoda: Diplogastertida), to control plant-parasitic nematodes. Nematology 10:143-146.
Bilgrami, A.L., Gaugler, and R. Brey C. 2005. Prey preference and feeding behavour of the diplogasterid predator Mononchoides gaugleri (Nematoda: Diplogastertida). Nematology 7:333-342.