Caveonchus

  

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Classification:

Enoplea
Dorylaimia
 Dorylaimida
 Tylencholaimoidea
Leptonchidae
Leptonchinae
Caveonchus Siddiqi, 1982

Type species of the genus: Caveonchus colombicus Siddiqi, 1982

Siddiqi (1982) considered Caveonchus to represent an intermediate position between Tyleptus and Basirotyleptus.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Caveonchus siddiquii: A. anterior region. odontostyle and odontophore; D: amphid; C and E. terminal pharungeal bulb.

From Ahad and Ahmad. 2017

Female:

  •  Monodelphic, opisthodelphic.

 

 

Males:  

  • Diorchic.
  • Supplements 2-3, widely spaced.

Ref: Andrassy, 2009
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Species have been reported from Central and South America.

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Feeding:

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

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Biology and Ecology:
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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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Management:

 

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References:

Ahad, S. and Ahmad, W. 2017. Description of a new species of the genus Caveonchus Siddiqi, 1982 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) with diagnostic compendium and key to its species. Helminthologia 54:145-151.

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

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.

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Revised: February 28, 2023.