Binema Travassos, 1925
Type species of the genus:
Binema ornata Travassos, 1925
Synonym:
Characteristics of the genus:
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Small nematodes.
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Cuticle annulated throughout body length
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Mouth opening prismoidal, surrounded by eight
submedial lip papillae and two pore-shaped amphids.
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Buccal cavity short and cylindrical with three
sclerotized arches
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Esophagus with cylindrical corpus, short
isthmus, and posterior valvular bulbous.
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Excretory pore immediately posterior to base of
valvular bulb.
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Females:
- Didelphic-ampidelphic Vulva posterior to
middle of body.
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Males:
- Single spicule.
- Gubernaculum and bursa absent.
- Genital papillae present
Ref: Camino and Reboredo, 1999
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Parasites of mole crickets (Oryjoptera:
Gryllotalpidae)
References:
Camino, N.B., Reboredo, G.R. 1999. Binema bonaerensis n. sp. (Oxyurida:
Thelastomatidae) Parasite of Neocurtilla claraziana Saussure (Orthoptera:
Gryllotalpidae) in Argentina. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro,
Vol. 94(3): 311-313.
Travassos, L. 1925. Quelques nematodes du Gryllotalpa. Cr Soc Biol 93:
140-141.
Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 28, 2024.