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Classification:

Huntinema Zhang & Zhang, 2022

Type species of the genus: Huntinema morffei Zhang & Zhang, 2022

Sybibyma:

Huntia Zhang, Yin, Carreno & Zhang, 2021 Name replaced by Huntinema because Huntia was proccupied for a genus of spiders.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Body robust.
• Cervical cuticle unarmed, without annulation.
• Body cuticle with distinct transverse and longitudinal striations.
•  Lateral alae present.
• Head well developed, continuous with body contour but without transverse and longitudinal striations.
•  Head with eight rounded papillae arranged in 4 pairs.
• First cephalic annule absent.
• Esophagus with muscular, sub-cylindrical procorpus, short isthmus, and spherical basal bulb with valve plate well developed.
• Tail conical, subulate, ending in a sharp tip

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Distribution:

Type sepecies described from China

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Huntinema

 Intestinal parasites of passalid beetles (Coleoptera).

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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:

Adamson, M.L. and Van Waerebeke, D. 1992. Revision of the Thelastomatoidea, Oxyurida of invertebrate hosts III . Hystrignathidae. Systematic Parasitology 22:111-130

Zhang, N.N., Yin, S., Carreno, R.A., Zhang, L.P. 2021. Three new genera and new species of hystrignathid nematodes (Nematoda: Thelastomatoidea) from passalid beetles (Insecta: Passalidae) from Yunnan Province, China with phylogenetic analysis of Hystrignathidae. Zootaxa, 5071(2), 206-222. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5071. 2.2

Zhang, N., Zhang, L. 2022. Three new genera, two new species and one new combination of family Hystrignathidae (Nematoda: Thelastomatoidea) from Ceracupes fronticornis (Westwood) (Insecta: Passalidae) in China. Research Square: DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1637079/v1

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Revised by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 30, 2026.