Egtitus		Contents		Rev 04/04/2023
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Egtitus Menu		Economic Importance		Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Type species of the genus Egtitus bryophilus Thorne, 1967

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Length 1.4-2.8 mm
• Cuticle vsmooth.
• Vestibule without denticles.
• Female diovarial, amphidelphic; vulva transverse or longitudinal; vulval lips not sclerotized.
• Male with supplements arranged in a series.
• Tail elongate to filiform in females, short and rounded in males.

Ref: Andrássy, 2009

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Distribution:

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Economic Importance:

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Feeding:

    Categorized as predators and omnivores by Yeates et al., 1993 

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Life Cycle:

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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.

Andrassy, I. 2012. On the Paractinolaimus genus group (Nematoda: Actinolaimidae), with descriptions of five new and two rare species of Egtitus, Thorne, 1967. J. Natural History 46:453-494.

Andrassy, I. and Esquivel, A, 2012. Free-living nematodes from nature reserves in Costa Rica: Genera Egtitus Thorne, 1967 and Trachypleurosum Andrassy, 1959, (Dorylaimida: Actinolaimidae). Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 2012, 43(1): 3–19.

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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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: April 04, 2023.