Loncharionema		Contents		Rev 03/01/2025
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Loncharionema Menu				Ecosystem Functions and Services
		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

Goseco et al (1974) erected the genus Loncharionema for sa\ome species from Puerto Rica that did not fit in any other of the leptonchid genera.-

Type species of the genus: Loncharionema brevibulbum Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1974.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body tapers posteriorly to an elongate filiform tail.
• Head offset, lips distinct.
• Cuticle finely striated, subcuticle coarsely striated.
• Odontostyle slende, less than 2x head width.
• Odontophore flanged
• Basal expansion of esophagus muscular, cylindroid, separated from slender anterior part by a constriction.

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Distribution:

Two species described from soil samples collected grom the Loquillo mountain range and El Yunque Rain Forest in Puerto Rico by John and Virginia Ferris in 1964.

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Feeding:

   Family Leptonchidae classified as hyphal feeding; exact feeding habits of Loncharionema spp. unknown (Yeates et al., 1993)  

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

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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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: March 01, 2025.