Afronygus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
      Dorylaimida
Nygolaimina
Nygoliamidae
Nygolaiminae
       Afronygus  Heyns, 1968

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Ref: Andrassy, 2009
                
       

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Female:  

  • didelphic-amphidelphic, ovaries reflexed

Males:  

  • Gubernaculum absent Supplements fes, not prominent
  • Tail long, curved, finely rounded tip


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Distribution:

Type species A. longicaudatus described from soil around maize and natural vegeration in Nigeria.

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Feeding:

 Classified as predators (Yeates et al., 1993).    

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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. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

Pena-Santiago, R. 2021. Dorylaimida Mundi (Nematoda); checklist of genera and species, with their records. UJA Editorial. 957p.

Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331.

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Revised: April 11, 2023.