Zetalaimus blepheronchus

Zetalaimus blepheronchus	Contents	Rev 09/26/2020
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Belonenchinae

Zetalaimus blepheronchus Siddiqi, 1982

The type species of the genus.

Morphology and Anatomy:

Body very small, 0.5 mm.
Lip region rounded, offset.
Stoma flask-like
Odontostyle very slender, needle-like; short.
Odontophore flanged.
Esophageal expansion pyriform
Tail short, rounded.

Males: Diorchic, testes outstretched. Ventromedian supplements 1.
.	Female: Monodelphic, prodelphic. Vulva transverse, Ref: Andrassy, 2009
Zetalaimus blepheronchus A,B,G Female head; C Female whole body; D Male tail; E., I: Anterior and esophagus detail; F: Prodelphic female gonad Adapted from Siddiqi (1982)

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:

Feeding:

Characteristic slender odontostyle of other members of the Leptonchidae suggests fungal feeding(Yeates et al., 1993).

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click	If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary (Nematoda Errantia) Vol. 111. Humgarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 508p.

Siddiqi, M.R. 1982. Three new species of Aculonchus gen. n. and Zetalaimus blepheronchus gen. n., sp. n.(Dorylaimida: Belonenchinae). Indian J. Nematology 12:312-319

Siddiqi, M.R. 1995. Nematodes of tropical rainforests. 5. Seven new genera and forty two new species of dorylaims. Afro-Asian J. Nematology 5: 72-109.

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.