Cacopaurus

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Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Criconematoidea
         Tylenchulidae
          Paratylenchinae
           Cacopaurus (Thorne, 1943)

    Synonyms:
      None.

Female: Body very small (0.2 to 0.3 mm), cylindroid-obese (a = 5 to 8).

Cuticle thin, bearing minute tubercles.

Lateral field with four lines, ornamented with rows of tubercles.

Labial framework weakly developed.

Stylet very long (92 to 102 µm) in regard to body size.

Vulva very posteriorly situated; postvulval part very short, conoid.

Uterus with thick wall.

Male: No stylet.

Esophagus degenerated.

Caudal alae weakly developed, adanal.

Juvenile: Stylet well developed.

[Ref: Raski & Luc, (1987).]

D-rated pests in California.

Females have long stylet, swell when mature, and probably do not move once they start feeding - sessile.

Described by Thorne on Walnut.

Raski & Luc, Rev. Nematol. 10(4):409-444 (1987).