Paroriverutus

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
          Dorylaimida

Nordiidae

Oriverutinae
       
      Paroriverutus Carbonell & Coomans, 1982
Andrassy (2009) considered Paroriverutus a synonym of Oriverutus however, Pena-Santiago et al consider it a separate genus; they transferred Depranodorylaimus macroamphidius and Oriverutus longicaudatus to the genus Paroriverutus.
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Morphology and Anatomy:

Paroriverutus has morphological features that significantly differ from those in Oriverutus :

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Male:

Ref: Pena-Santiago et al (2014).

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

 
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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

 (Yeates et al., 1993).

   
     
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Life Cycle:

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Management:

 

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References:

Andrássy, I. 2009.  Free-living nematodes of Hungary, III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum. 608p.

Pena-Santiago, R. Liebanas. G. and Ahmad, W. 2014.. Taxonomy of the genus Paroriverutus Siddiqi, 1971 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Nordiidae). Journal of Natural History 48:21-22, 1253-1278, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.861942 .

Siddiqi MR. 1971. Oriverutus lobatus gen. n., sp. n. and Sicaguttur sartum gen. n., sp. n. (Nematoda: Dorylaimoidea) from cultivated soils in Africa. Nematologica. 16:483-491.

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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