Rev: 02/23/2024
Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Rhabditida
Tylenchina/Hexatylina
Sphaerularioidea
Sphaerulariidae
Paurodontinae
Paurodontella Husain & Khan, 1968
Type species: Paurodontella minuta Husain & Khan, 1968
Synonyms:
Females:
Males:
Free-living and insect-parasitic forms.
Like many Hexatylina, the biology is not well knon. There are entomoparasitic generations (parasites of insects and mites) and perhaps free-living mycophagous generations.
Handoo, Z.A., Iqbal, E.Y., Kazi, N., and Fayyaz, S. 2010. Two new species of Paurodontella Husain & Khan, 1968 (Nematoda: Sphaerulariidae) associated with wheat and a diagnostic compendium to the genus. Nematology 12:181-192.