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Classification:

Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Heteroderinae
           Dolichodera (Mulvey & Ebsary, 1980)
    Synonyms:
      None.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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 Female: Cyst stage present.  

Body elongate-oval, with long neck and no terminal cone.  

Cuticle of medium thickness (3 to 4 µm), with fine, irregular striae; subcrystalline layer present.  

Vulva subterminal circumfenestrate.  Bullae present.  No anal fenestration.  

Eggs retained in body.  
Male: Not known.

Second-stage juveniles: Stylet less than 25 µm long.

Lateral field with four lines.  

Esophageal gland filling body cavity.  

Tail conical, elongated; with hyaline terminal half. 

Phasmids punctiform.

[Ref: Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner (1988).]
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References:

 Luc, Maggenti & Fortuner, Rev. Nematol. 11(2):159-176 (1988).

 

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 14, 2000.