Family NEOTYLENCHIDAE

                                    Rev 06/08/2006

Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Neotylenchidae
    Synonyms:
      

Morphology and Anatomy:

Usually slender, elongate, small species. 

Sexes similar. 

Stylet usually small, delicate. 

Esophagus with slender procorpus, median bulb absent. Esophageal glands symmetrically, abutting intestine. 

One female genital branch, anteriorly developed. 

Tail long, conoid to filiform. 

Life Cycle:

Some species are alternative life cycles for insect parasitic nematodes and are thought to feed on fungi, algae, or root hairs of higher plants. Examples: Fergusobia, Deladenus.

References:

Yeates, G.W., T. Bongers, R.G.M. de Goede, D.W.Freckman and S.S. Georgieva. 1993. Feeding habits in soil nematode families - an outline for ecologists. Journal of Nematology 25:315-331. 

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