Family Mylonchulidae

Revised 02/04/25

          Nematoda 
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Dorylaimia

Mononchida

Mononchina

Mononchoidea

Mylonchulidae Jairajpuri, 1969

A family of predaceous nematodes.         

• Buccal cavity heavily sclerotized, goblet- or funnel-sgaped, strongly tapering at base.
• Dorsal tooth very large, claw-like, pointed forward, in anterior part of stoma;
• Rasp-like fields of transverse rows of denticles opposite dorsal tooth on subvental walls; two small subvental teeth may be present behind the denticle fields.
• Esophago-intestinal junction non-tuberculate.

Ref. Andrassy, 1992

Buccal cavities of seven genera of the family Mylonchulidae. A: Mylonchulus; B: Margaronchulus; C: Oligonchulus; D: Polyonchulus; E: Megaonchulus; F: Brachonchulus; G: Granonchulus Drawings from Andrassy, 1992.

References:

Andrassy, I. 1992.  A taxonomic atudy of the family Mylonchulidae (Nematoda) Opusc. Zool. Budapest 25:11-35.

Jairajpuri, M.S. 1969. Studies on Mononchida of India. I. The genera Hadronchus, Iotonchus and Miconchus and a revised classification of Mononchida, new order. Nematologica 15:557-581.

Jairajpuri, M.S. 1970. Studies on Mononchida of India. III. The genus Mylonchulus (Family Mylonchulidae Jairajpuri, 1969). Nematologica 16:434-456.. Nematologica 15:557-581.

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