Fescia		Contents		Rev 02/21/2024
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

      Chromadorea
        Rhabditida
         Rhabditia
          Chambersiellidae

Fescia  Truskova & Eroshenko, 1977

Type and only species: Fescia grossa Truskova & Eroshenko, 1977

Genus synonymized with Diastolaimus by Andrassy (1984) and Fescia grossa became Diastolaimus grossus (Truskova & Eroshenko, 1977) Andrassy, 1984

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Fescia spp. are assumed to be bacterivores based on the unarmed stoma and the cephaloboid oesophagus.

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Biology and Ecology:

Nematodes in the Chambersiellidae are frequently reported in assocaiation with bark beetles.  The relationships are probably phoretic in that the nematodes are transported from tree to tree or to insect galleries by the beetles.

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Andrassy, I. 1984. Klasse Nematoda (Ordnungen Monhysterida, Desmocolecida, Araeolaimida, Chromadorida, Rhabditida) Bestimmungsbűcher zur Bodenfauna Europas, No.9. Berlin (Deutschland): Akademie Verlag.

Massey, C. L. 1974. Biology and taxonomy of nematode parasites and associates of bark beetles in the United States. Agriculture Handbook no. 446. Washington: USDA Forest Service.

Truskova, G.M. & Eroshenko, A.S. 1977. Nematodofauna vegetativnykh organov travjanistykh i drevesnykh rastenij elnikov primorja. Trudy Biologo-Pochvennogo Instituta 47:35-49.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 21, 2024 .