Subfamily ECPHYADOPHORINAE

                              Rev 12/11/2023

Classification:

      Tylenchina
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Tylenchidae

          Ecphyadophorinae Skarbilovich, 1959
   

Synonyms:
      Epicharinematinae (Maqbool & Shahina, 1985)
      Ecphyadophoroidinae (Siddiqi, 1986)

The subfamily is quite hereogeneous in characteristics. Species belonging to Ecphyadophorinae Skarbilovich, 1959 are among the most remarkable of all Tylenchidae. Their long and extremely slender forms render their detection, handling and identification extremely difficult Qing et al., 2018).

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      [Ref: Geraert & Raski, Rev. Nematol. 10(2):143-161 (1987); Geraert (2008).]

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References:

Geraert, E. 2008. The Tylenchidae of the world. Identification of the family Tylenchidae (Nematoda). Ghent, Belgium, Academia Press.

Qing, X., T. J. Pereira, D. Slos, M. Couvreur and W. Bert. 2018. A new species of Malenchus (Nematoda: Tylenchomorpha) with an updated phylogeny of the Tylenchidae. Nematology 20:815-836.

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