Subfamily DISCOCRICONEMELLINAE

Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Criconematoidea
         Criconematidae
          Discoccriconemellinae Geraert, 2010
  

 Synonyms:
    

Morphology and Anatomy:

      Female:

• Median body length of 300um, shorter than individuals of other subfamilies of Criconematidae.
• Stylet very long, occupies up to
• Cuticle without sheath, annuli thin and numerous, smooth to crenate edges.
• First head annulus reduced and lying within second annulus creating a cephalic disc.

     Male:

• Degenerate, usually lacking stylet.
• Esophagus lacking or rudimentary;
• Head usually rounded, no cephalic disc.
• spicules slightly curved,
• caudal alae, if present, weakly developed or absent..       

     Juveniles:

• Similar to females,

     References:

Brzeski, M., Y.E. Choi and P.A.A. Loof. 2002a.  Compendium of the genus Criconemoides Taylor, 1936 (Nematoda: Criconematidae).  Nematology 4:325-339.

Brzeski, M., P.A.A. Loof and Y.E. Choi . 2002b.  Compendium of the genus Criconemoides Andrássy, 1965 (Nematoda: Criconematidae).  Nematology 4:341-360.

Geraert, E. 2010. The Criconematidae of the World. Identification of the family Criconematidae (Nematoda). Academia Press, 615p.

Loof, P.A.A and A. De Grisse. 1989. Taxonomic and nomenclatorial observations on the genus Criconemella De Grisse and Loof, 1965 sensu Luc and Raski, 1981. Med. Fac. Landn. Rijksuniv. Gent. 54:53-74.

Raski, D.J. and Luc, M. 1987. A reappraisal of Tylenchina (Nemata) 10. The superfamily Criconemaroidea Taylor, 1936. Rev. Nemarol. 10:409-444.

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