Timmus

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
Mydonomidae
Calolaiminae
Timmus Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1976

Type species of the genus: Timmus tenerhastatus Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1976

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Males:  

  • STwo pairs of adcloacal supplements
  • 11 ventromedian supplements.

Ref: Goseco et al., 1976, Andrassy (2009)

 

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

Type species reported from Puerto Rico; terrestrial.

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Feeding:

      
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Life Cycle:

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Management:

 

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2009. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary III.  Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 608p.

Goseco, C.G., Ferris, V., Ferris, J.M. 1976. Revisions in Leptonchoidea (Nematoda: Dorylaimida). Dorylaimoides in Dorylaimoididae, Dorylaimoidinae; Calolaimus and Timmus n.gen. in Dorylaimoididae, Calolaiminae; and Miranema in Miranematidae. Research Bull. Purdue Univ 941:1-46.

 
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Revised: February 22, 2024.