Dorylaimoides alpinus

Dorylaimoides alpinus	Contents	Rev 09/20/2024
	Classification	Biology and Ecology
	Morphology and Anatomy	Life Cycle
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Mydonominae

Dorylaimoides alpinus Li, Baniyamuddin, Ahmad &Wu, 2008

Morphology and Anatomy:

.	Body length 1.4-1.5 mm lip region offset by slight depression; lips amalgamated odontostyle 12-13 um odontophore arcuate cuticle finely striated; lateral chords occupying about 25% of mid body width. a mphids funnel-shaped; aperture about 65% of lip region width. odontostyle asymmetrical, typical of the genus, with dorsal arm longer than ventral tail gradually tapering to a blunt terminus Female: didelphic amphidelphic vulva transverse ovaries reflexed Ref: Li et al., 2008
Dorylaimoides alpinus (A) Entire female; (B) anterior region; (C) anterior end showing amphid; (D) pharyngeal region; (E) expanded part of pharynx; (F) female genital branch (anterior); (G) female posterior end Drawings from Li et al., 2008
Males: not seen

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

Distribution:

Species described from China; Ailao Mountains and Yulong Mountains, Yunnan Province.

Feeding:

Classified as an omnivore (Yeates et al., 1993).

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

Li, Y., Baniyamuddin, M., Ahmad, W. and Wu, J. 2008. Four new and four known species of Tylencholaimoidea (Dorylaimida: Nematoda) from China. J. Natural History 42:1991-2010

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