Corpicracens

 

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Classification:

Thelastomatidae

Corpicracens Jex, Schneider, Rose & Cribb, 2006.

Type species of the genus: Corpicracens munozae Jex, Schneider, Rose & Cribb, 2006.

 

Synonym:

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Characteristics of type species:

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Females:

  • Monodelphic, vulva near mid-body region.

  • Vagina directed anteriorly, with one spermatheca

  • Oval eggs flattened at the pole

 

. Corpicracens munozae A: Adult female; B: Cephalic extremity; C: Pharyngeal region; (Scale bar: A, C, 100 um; B, 20 um)
Drawings from Jex et al., 2006

Males:

  • Not seen

Ref:  Jex et al., 2006

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:


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Distribution:

Described from burrowing cockroaches in Australia. Reported from hosts Geoscapheus dilatatus in New South Wales and Macropanesthia rothi in Queensland.

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Feeding:

A genus of intestinal parasites of burrowing cockroaches.

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Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 

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References:

Jex, A.R., Schneider, M.A., Rose, H.A., Cribb, T.H. 2006. New Thelastomatoidea (Nematoda: Oxyurida) from Australian burrowing cockroaches (Blaberidae: Geoscapheinae, Panesthiinae). Nematology 8:443-454.

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Revised: October 10, 2024.