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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

       Plectida

Plectoidea

            Plectidae

   Wilsonematinae

       Ereptonema Anderson, 1966

Type species of the genus:  Ereptonema fimbriatum Anderson, 1966

 

   Synonyms:

Wilsereptus Chawla, Khan & Saha, 1977

Paraeptonema Eroshenko, 1977
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

	Females:
	Labial region components of Ereptonema from Holovachov et al., 2003. CE = cervical expansion, CORN = cornu; FLAB = flabellum; LR = lateral rim; MP = midlateral projection; MR = median ridge; QUAD = quadrant; RR = radial ridge; YI = Y-shaped incisure. For comparisons among genera, go to subfamily Wilsonematinae
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Distribution:

Reported from Europe, Australia, North, Central and South America.

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Feeding:

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References:

Anderson, R.V. 1966. An emendation of the diagnosis of both the subfamily and two genera of Wilsonematinae and a new genus, Ereptonema n. g. (Plectidae: Nematoda). Canadian Journal of Zoology 44: 923-935

Holovachov, O., Bostrom, S., Tandingan De Ley, I., De Ley, P., and Coomans, A. 2003. Morphology and systematics of the genera Wilsonema Cobb, 1913, Ereptonema Anderson, 1966 and Neotylocephalus Ali, Farooqui and Tejpal, 1969 (Leptolaimina: Wilsonematinae) J. Nem. Morph. Syst. 5:73-106.

Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 20, 2023.