Bertzuckermania

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Bertzuckermania Khera, 1970

Type species of the genus: Bertzuckermania salina Khera, 1970

According to Goseco et al (1974) the genus was described based on 11 specimens of B. salina Khera, 1970 and it appears that those specimens have been lost.

Morphology and Anatomy:

According to Goseco et al (1974)

Female:

Nematodes < 1 mm long.
Outer cuticle layer smooth.
Lip region rounded, continuous with body contour.
Stomal ring of fused liplets present.
Odontostyle thin with very narrow lumen
Odontophore simple
Anterior of esophgaus expanding gradually into a pyriform basal bulb which occupies about 1/4Pre-rectum very long.
Female genital system didelphic, amphidelphic.
Tail similar in sexes: short, rounded.

Males:

dorylaimid spicules
No ventromedian supplements.

Ref: Andrassy, 2009; Goseco et al., 1974.

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

Distribution:

Single species B. salina described freom India.

Feeding:

Classified as hyphal feeders (Yeates et al., 1993)

Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

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

Goseco,C.G., Ferris, V.R. and Ferris, J.M. 1974. Revisions in Leptonchoidea (Nematoda: Dorylaimida). Leptonchus, Proleptonchus, Funaria, and Meylis n.gen. in Leptonchidae, Leptonchinae. Research Bull. Ag. Exp. Sta, Purdue Univ. 911. 32p.

Khera, S. 1970. Bertzuckermania salina n. gen. n. sp. with some remarks on the family Leptonchidae. Nematologica 16:144-152.

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.