Tuhmai garciaprietoi

Tuhmai garciaprietoi	Contents	Rev 12/23/2025
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Classification:

Rhabditida
Spirurina
Thelastomatoidea: Hystrignathidae

Tuhmai garciaprietoi Garduno-Montes de Oca & Oceguera-Figueroa, 2020

Type species of the genus

Morphology and Anatomy:

Body fusiform
Cephalic region of 2 annules, the posterior one slightly dilated.
Cervical cuticle unarmed, finely annulated from posterior cervical annule until anal region.
Lateral alae present.
Stoma narrow and cylindrical surrounded by an esophageal collar.
Esophagus with subcylindrical procorpus, increasing in diameter posteriorly; subspherical bulb with valves.
Excretory pore post-bulbar.

Female:

Monodelphic-prodelphic
Vulva at about 70% of body length
Vagina anteriorly directed.
Tail short, subulate.
Eggs ovoid, smooth shelled

Ref: Garduno-Montes de Oca and Oceguera-Figueroa, 2020

Male:

Not found

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:strong>

Distribution:

Reported from Bess beetles, Vindex agnoscendus (Passalidae)

Feeding:

Intestinal hindgut parasites of passalid beetles (Coleoptera).

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

References:

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

Garduno-Montes de Oca, U. and Oceguera-Figueroa, A. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of Thelastomatoidea( Nematoda) with the description of a new genus and two new species of Hystrignathidae associated with Bess beetles (Coleoptera: Passalidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. J. Parasitol. 106:679-688.