Rev: 10/24/2024
Type species of the genus: Amphimermis zuimushi Kaburaki & Imamura, 1932
Synonyms:
Complexomermis Filipjev, 1934
Medium to long nematodes, 13-260 mm.
Mouth opening terminal or with slight ventral shift.
Amphids large, usually with porelike aperture.
Six head papillae lateral and sub-medial in position.
Cuticle thick with clearly visible criss-cross fibres.
Longitudinal chords in midbody, six.
Pharyngeal tube long, in sorne species reaching 60 % of body length. PharyngeaJ tube does not reach the mouth opening but ends behind it with a ringlike thickening.
Tail tip in both sexes blunùy rounded and ventrally curved.
Ref: Baker and Poinar, 1994
Females:
Males:
Species of the genus Amphimermis have been describe parasitizing grasshoppers, damselflies and dragonflies (Rusconi et al., 2020).
In the later stages of development, stichosome separates from the intestine, which becomes a trophosome in which the walls and lumen of the intestine disappear resulting in a syncyteal structure. with no anal opening to the exterior.
Baker, G.L., Poinar Jr, G.O. 1994. Studies on the genus Amphimermis (Nematoda : Mermithidae) : five new species, including four from Orthoptera in southeastern Australia. Fundam. appl. Nematol. 17: 303-321.
Ferris, H. 2007. Stichosomida. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. http://accesscience.com/abstract.aspx
Kaburaki, T., Imamura, S. 1932. A new mermithid worm parasitic in the rice borer with notes on its life history and habits. Proc. imp. Acad. Japan, 8:109-112.
Rusconi, J.M., Di Battista, C., Balcazar, D., Rosales, M., Achinelly, M.F. 2020. Amphimermis enzoni n. sp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizing damselflies and dragonflies in Argentina. J. Nematology DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2020-051
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