Rev 02/13/2023
Tylenchulidae Skarbilovich,
1947
Former Synonyms:
Paratylenchidae Thorne,
1949
Sphaeronematidae Raski & Sher,
1952
Meloidoderitidae Kir'yanova & Pogosyan, 1973
Tylenchocriconematidae Raski & Siddiqui, 1975
1. Uterine walls form a protective cystoid body.......................................................................................Meloidoderitinae
Uterine walls do not form a protective cycteoid body............................................................................2
2. Female usually vermiform; if saccata then elongate obese; stylet long, usually >15um wuth long conus....Paratylenchinae
Female subspherical to spherical, or elongate obese with body enlarging mostly dorsall, stylet short ........3
3. Adult female without post-vulval region; excretory pore in pharyngeal region..........................................Sphaeronematinae
Adult female with distinct post-vulval region; excretory pore posterior to pharyngeal region....................Tylenchulinae
Ref:
Maggenti, Luc, Raski, Fortuner & Geraert, Rev. Nematol. 10(2):135-142 (1987).
Ghaderi, R., Geraert, E., Karegar, A. 2016. TheTylenchulidae of the World. Academia Press, Ghent, Belgium
Raski, D.J. and Luc, M. 1987. A reapraisal of Tylenchina (Nemata) 10. The superfamily Criconematidea Taylor, 1936., Rev. Nematol. 10: 409-444..