Rev 26-10-2021
Enoplea Triplonchida Diphtherophorina Diphtherophoidea Trichodoridae Trichodorinae
Monotrichodorus Andrassy, 1976
Per other authorities, and generally accepted,, species listed in the genus Monotrichodorus would be representatives of either Ecuadorus or Allotrichodorus.
(7 known species as of 1996)
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Cuticle tends to swell in water and fixative when nematodes are killed.
Curved onchiostyle with dorsal groove.
Females: Monovarial.
Ref. Decraemer, W. 1995
Only reported from South and Central America as of 1996.
Stunt roots, transmit Tobacco Rattle Virus, Pea early-browning Virus and Pepper Ringspot Virus.
At root tip.
Nematodes in the Trichodoridae have a wide host range.
Root tip damage causes root elongation to cease. Hence "stubby root" symptoms.
Decraemer, W. 2011. Virus vector families Part II. Trichdoridae.Academia Press, Gent.123p.