Margaronchulus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
                Mononchida

Mylonchulidae   

Margaronchulus  Andrassy, 1972

Type species of the genus: Margaronchulus mulveyi Andrassy, 1972

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Body length 0.7-0.9 mm.
  • Buccal cavity goblet to funnel shape, tapering posteriorly; smaller and broader than other Mylonchulidae
  • Dorsal tooth, directed forward on the anterior half dorsal side,
  • Transverse rows of denticles in single row (or absent) on the ventral side of buccal cavity; subventral teeth absent
  • Cardia non-tuberculate
  • Tail long, filiform or short, rounded without spinneret.


    • Females:      

  • Prodelphic, without a posuterine sac

    • Males:  

  • Unknown

Ref; Andrassy, 1992: Mulvey, 1978
Margaronchulus stoma
Drawing from Andrassy, 1992
 


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Distribution:

Reported from Central Africa. Moist soil, freshwater environments.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Margaronchulus

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Life Cycle:

Males unknown; presunbly not reproducing sexually

 
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Regulation of opportunistic species

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Management:

 

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References:

Andrassy, I. 1958: Uber das System der Mononchiden (Mononchidae, Chitwood, 1937; Nematoda) Ann. hist.-nat. Alas, hung. n.s. 9, 50: 151-71.

Ahmad, W.and Jairajpuri, M.S. 2010. Mononchida: the predaceous nematodes. Brill Leiden-Boston, 298p.

Andrassy, I. 1992.  A taxonomic atudy of the family Mylonchulidae (Nematoda) Opusc. Zool. Budapest 25:11-35.

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living nematodes of Hungary III. Hungarian Natural History Museum.

Mulvey, R.H. 1978. Predaceous nematodes of the family Mononchidae from the Mackenzie and Porcupine river systems and Somerset Island, N.W.T., Canada. Can J. Zool. 56: 1847-1868.

 

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Copyright  1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: June 10, 2025.