Rev 03/08/2021
Type species of the genus: Basirotyleptus basiri Jairajpuri, 1974
Differs from other genera of the subfamily by the combination of the cap-like head, unflanged odontophore, basal bulb of esophagus with a valve and opisthodelphic single gonad.
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Female:
Ref: Andrassy, 2009; Goseco et al., 1974
Males:
Many species, reported from soil in many parts of the world.
Goseco,C.G., Ferris, V.R. and Ferris, J.M. 1974. Revisions in Leptonchoidea (Nematoda: Dorylaimida). Tyleptus in Leptonchidae, Tyleptinae; Basirotyleptus in Leptonchidae, Belonenchinae; and Loncharionema n. gen in Leptonchidae, Xiphinemellinae. Research Bull. Ag. Exp. Sta, Purdue Univ. 913. 25p.
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.