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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
                Mononchida

Mylonchulidae   

Oligonchulus  Andrassy, 1976

Tyoe species of the genus: Oligonchulus reversus (Cobb, 1917) Andrassy, 1976

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Body length about 1 mm.
  • Buccal cavity goblet-shaped,
  • Dorsal tooth large, directed forward on the anterior dorsal side,
  • Two transverse rows of a few denticles on the ventral side of buccal cavity; subventral teeth absent
  • Cardia non-tuberculate
  • Tail arcuate, cylindroid, 2 x abd long
    Caudal; glands and spinneret present

    Females:  

  • Monodelphic-opisthodelphic, without anterior uterine sac

    • Males:  

  • Unknown

Ref; Andrassy, 1992
Oligonchulus stoma
Drawing from Andrassy, 1992
 


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Distribution:

Reported from South America.

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Feeding:

 Predator

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Life Cycle:

 
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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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.

 

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Copyright  1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 14, 2024.