Lenonchium

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
     Dorylaimida
Nordiidae
Pungentinae
             
          Lenonchium Siddiqi, 1965

Type species of the genus: Lenonchium oryzae Siddiqi, 1965

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Morphology and Anatomy:

   
   
  • Large nematodes, 2-7 mm
  • Cuticle swith fine striations
  • Lip regoin continuous with or offset from body contour
  • Odontostyle lvery slender
  • odontophore rod-like, no flanges
  • Esophagus expansion starting at about half the length
  • Tail similar in both sexes, long, filiform

Female:

  • didelphic, amphidelphic
  • Vulva transverse ornlongitudinal

Male:

  • numerous conriguous ventromedian supplements

Ref: Andrassy. 2009;

 

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Distribution:

Six species; they occur in soil or aquatic environments. Reported from Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Life Cycle:

 

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References:

Andrassy I. 2009. Free-living nematodes of Hungary (Nematoda Errantia). Pedozoologica Hungarica, Budapest, 608 p.

.Siddiqi, M.R. 1965. Seven new species of Dorylaimoidea (Nematoda) from India, with descriptions of Lenonchium n. gen. and Galophinema n. gen. Proc. Helmintol. Soc. Washington 32:81-90.

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