Rev 02/27/2023
According to Goseco et al (1974) the genus Bertzuckermania was described based on 11 specimens of B. salina Khera, 1970 and it appears that those specimens have been lost.
According to Goseco et al (1974)
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Males:
Ref: Andrassy, 2009; Goseco et al., 1974.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Described from India.
Family Leptonchidae classified as hyphal feeding; exact feeding habits of Bertzuckermania salina unknown (Yeates et al., 1993)
Ecophysiological Parameters:
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.