Subfamily ECPHYADOPHORINAE 

                              Rev 5/91

Classification:

      Tylenchina
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea 
         Tylenchidae 
          Ecphyadophorinae (Skarbilovich, 1959)
    Synonyms:
      Epicharinematinae (Maqbool & Shahina, 1985)
      Ecphyadophoroidinae (Siddiqi, 1986)

Morphology and Anatomy:

      Moderate-sized; very slender ("a" values range from 37 to 176), cephalic 
      region with fine annuli present up to labial plate which bears small
      ovate amphid apertures (Ecphyadophora, Mitranema) or cephalic region 
      high, dorso-ventrally narrowed, smooth, amphidial apertures long slits
      (Ecphyadophoroides, Epicharinema, Lelenchus).
      Males with flap-like caudal alae (except Lelenchus); tail narrows markedly
      after cloacal opening; tail long, filiform.
      [Ref: Geraert & Raski, Rev. Nematol. 10(2):143-161 (1987).]

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