Timminema

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
       Dorylaimida
Thornenematidae
Timminematinae

Timminema Khan, 1977

Type species of the genus: Timminema pakistanicum Khan, 1977
Timminema was considered genus inquirendum by Coomans and Carbonell (1987) and by Andrassy (2009)
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Morphology and Anatomy:

The genus was very poorly described and illustrated by Khan, 1977 and consired genus inquirendum by Coomans and Carbonell (1987) and by Andrassy (2009)

Female:

Male:

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Reference: Coomans and Carbonell (1987), Andrássy (2009).

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
 
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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

Categorized as omnivores (Yeates et al., 1993).

   
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Biology and Ecology:
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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.

Coomans, A. and Carbonell, E. 1987. The status of the family Thornenematidae Siddiqi, 1969 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida). Nematologica 33: 375-386.

Khan, H.A. 1977. Timminema pakistanicum, new genus and new species (Nematoda: Dorylaimidae), from Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 9:157-159.

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

 

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Revised: June 13, 2023.