Pseudhalenchus

 

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Classification:

Tylenchida  
Tylenchina  
Tylenchoidea 
Anguinidae 
Pseudhalenchus (Tarjan, 1958) 

Synonyms: 

None. 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Amphids are longitudinal slits. 

Median bulb with valve.

Isthmus not separated from glandular bulb (postcorpus) by a constriction.

Glandular bulb long, overlapping intestine. 

Female:  Ovary short; oocytes in one/two rows.

Spermatheca short.

Columned uterus with four rows of four cells.

Post-uterine sac (PUS) present.  

Mature females not swollen.

Males:  Testis without flexures.

Caudal alae leptoderan, short, adanal. 

Sperm cells small, with little cytoplasm. 

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Distribution:

 

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:

 Feeding habits unknown.     

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Life Cycle:

 

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Damage:

 

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References:

Fortuner and Maggenti, 1987.  Rev. Nematol. 10(2):163-176.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: April 24, 2006.