Parasitylenchus

 

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Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Classification:

Chromadorea

Chromadoria

Rhabditida

Tylenchina/Hexatylina

Sphaerularioidea

 Parasitylenchidae or Allantonematidae

 

       Parasitylenchus Micoletzky, 1922

Type species of Parasitylenchus was designated by Micoletzky: Parasitylenchus dispar (Fuchs, 1914) Micoletzky, 1922

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

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Males:  



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

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Feeding:

Many species are parasites of beetles, Coleoptera; others of flies.

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Biology and Ecology:

Nematodes of the genus Parasitylenchus have a direct life cycle; there is no intermediate host. They complete two obligate parasitic generations in their hosts. Inseminated "motherworms" (adult females)  infect fly larvae and then produce larval nematodes (F1), which then mate inside the same host. It is their larval offspring (F2) that are then passed to mushrooms beds or other organic sources for psrasitism of healthy flies.  In the case of P. neoarcticus,the female fly host is sterilized by the nematode dmage to the gonads.

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Life Cycle:

According to Welch (1958):

 

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References:

 

Welch, H.E. 1958. Taxonomy, life cycle, developmentand habits of two new species of Parasitylenchidae (Nematoda) parasitic in drosphilid flies. Contribution No. 3755, Entomology Division, Science Service, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada;

 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 18, 2024.