Rev 03/10/2025
Mylonchulidae
Actus Baqri & Jairajpuri, 1974
Type species of the genus: Actus salvadoricus Baqri & Jairajpuri, 1974
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A relatively uncommon but widely-distributed (Fiji, Japan, El Salvador...) genus of predaceous nematodes.
A specialist predator of other nematodes.
Baqri, S.Z., Jairajpuri, M.S. 1974. Studies on Mononchida. V. The mononchs of El Salvador with descriptions of two new genera, Actus and Paracrassibucca. Nematologica 19: 326-333.
Jana, T., Ghosh, G., Chatterjee, A. 2010. Actus shamimi n. sp. (Nematoda: Mononchida) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, with a key to the species of Actus Baqri & Jairajpuri, 1974. Nematology 12:343-348.