Subfamily NACOBBODERINAE
Classification:
Tylenchida
Tylenchina
Tylenchoidea
Heteroderidae
Nacobboderinae Golden & Jensen, 1974
Synonyms:
Meloinematinae (Meloineminae) Husain, 1976
Morphology and Anatomy:
- Cuticle not abnormally thick, annulated in all stages of males and females.
- Cephalic framework strongly sclerotized.
- Stylet robust.
Female:
- Pre-adult female vermiform, free in the soil, with two opposed immature genital branches and a short tail.
- Mature female sedentary, spheroid/pear-shaped, with very long neck and swollen body
exposed on root surface
- Labial area soffset, with irregular annulation (plates) and a reduced non-offset labial disc.
- Vulva subterminal, well removed from anus; no fingerprint-like print pattern around vulva.
- Phasmids conspicuous.
- Remnants of tail present.
- No cyst stage. Eggs not retained in female body, but deposited in a gelatinous matrix.
Male:
Juveniles:
- Cephalic sclerotization and stylet robust.
- Lateral field with four lines.
Biology:
Females are sedentary semi-endoparasites, exposed on the root surface and causing galls on roots.
[Ref: Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner, Rev. Nematol. 11(2):159-176 (1988).]
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