Pseudodesmicola

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Classification:

Chromadoria

Spirurina

Pseudodesmicola Jex, Schneider, Rose & Cribb, 2006.

Type species of the genus: Pseudodesmicola botti Jex, Schneider, Rose & Cribb, 2006.

Synonym:

Morphology and Anatomy:

Characteristics of type species:

First annule simple; second annule enlarged, offset from rest of body by deep, retrorse, posterior margin.
Lateral alae absent.
Pharyngeal corpus cylindrical with posterior pseudobulb.
Nerve ring situated just anterior to pseudobulb
Intestine with conspicuous dilation just anterior to vulva.
Tail very long, subulat

Females:

.Monodelphic.
Vulva located anterior to mid-body.
Vagina long, posteriorly directed.
One spermatheca.
Eggs ovoid

Pseudodesmicola botti E: Adult female; F: Cephalic extremity; G: Pharyngeal region. (Scale bar: E, G, 100 um; F, 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:

Distribution:

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

Feeding:

A genus of intestinal parasites of burrowing cockroaches.

Life Cycle:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click

Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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.