Megaonchulus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
                Mononchida

Mylonchulidae   

Megaonchulus  Mulvey & Jensen, 1967

Type species of the genus: Megaonchulus megadontus (Mulvey & Jensen, 1967) Jairajpuri & Khan, 1982

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Body length about 1.4-1.7 mm.
  • Buccal cavity goblet-shaped, strongly narrowing at base
  • Dorsal tooth large, trianngular, directed forward on the anterior dorsal side,
  • Transverse rows of serrate ridges and about 6 rows; subventral teeth absent
  • Cardia non-tuberculate
  • Tail filiform 8-20 x abd
  • Caudal; glands and spinneret present

    Females:  

  • Monodelphic prodelphic, with long post uterine sac

    • Vulva at mid body

    Males:  

  • Spicules short, without lateral accessory pieces
  • 8 samll supplements

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


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Distribution:

Reported from in terrestrial and semiaquatic environments in Africa.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Megaonchulus

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Life Cycle:

 
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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: May 13, 2025.