Belondira

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
   Dorylaimia
        Dorylaimida
              Belondiridae
Belondirinae

Belondira Thorne, 1939

Type species of the genus: Belondira apitica Thorne, 1939

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Female:  

  • Monodelphic, opisthodelphic

Ref: Andrassy, 2009
Belondira tropica  A: entire female; B-C: Anterior region; D: pharyngeal region; E: female posterior region; F: female genital system; G: female posterior end.
Drawings from Shaheen and Ahmad, 2005

Males:  

  • Supplements 1 or 2, widely spaced
     

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

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Distribution:

Many species (more than 50), distributed worlwide, usually terrestrial.

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Feeding:

Uncertain, but, per Yeates et al., many of the family considered plant-feeding.

 

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
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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. .

Shaheen, A. and Ahmad, W. 2005. New and known species of Belondiridae from Costa Rica. Nematol. Medit. 33:131-137.

Thorne, G. 1939. A monograph of the nematodes of the superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Capita Zool. 8: 1-263.

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: March 25, 2025.