Pseudodesmicola botti

Pseudodesmicola botti	Contents	Rev 10/11/2024
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Classification:

Rhabditida
Spirurina
Thelastomatoidea: Thelastomatidae

Pseudodesmicola botti Jex, Schneider, Rose & Cribb, 2006.

Type species of the genus

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

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

Distribution:

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

Feeding:

Intestinal parasites of burrowing cockroaches.

Life Cycle:

Ecophysiological Parameters:

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this species, click	If species level data are not available, click for genus level parameters

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.