Rev 10/05/2023
Tylenchida Tylenchina Tylenchoidea Heteroderidae Punctoderinae
Punctodera Mulvey & Stone, 1976
Type species of the genus: Punctodera punctata (Thorne, 1928) Mulvey & Stone, 1976
Synonyms: None.
Refer to Subfamily Diagnostics (Heteroderinae) for taxonomic history and distinctions among related genera.
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Males:
Second-stage juveniles:
[Ref: Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner, (1988); Kantor et al., 2021
Species reported from USA, Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, South Koreas, Germany, Netherkands, Spain and Eastern Europe.
Nurse cell system: A syncytium.
Species of Punctodera are reported from monocotyledonous plants, mainly from grasses and maize.
Kantor, M.L., Handoo, Z.A., Skantar, A.M., Hult, M.N., Ingham, R.E., Wade, N.M., Ye, W., Gauchan, G.R., Mowery, J.G. 2021. Morphological and molecular characterisation of Punctodera mulveyi n. sp. (Nematoda: Punctoderidae) from a golf course green in Oregon, USA, with a key to species of Punctodera. Nematology 23:667-683
Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner, Rev. Nematol. 11:159-176 (1988).
Subbotin, S.A., Mundo-Ocampo, M., Baldwin, J.G. 2010. Systematics of Cyst Nematodes (Nematode: Heteroderinae). Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Volume 8A , D.J. Hunt and R.N. Perry (eds) Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands 351p