Subfamily TELOTYLENCHINAE

                               Rev 5/91

Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Belonolaimidae
          Telotylenchinae (Siddiqi, 1960)
    Synonyms:
      Tylenchorhynchinae (Eliava, 1964)
      Trophurinae (Paramonov, 1967)
      Tetylenchinae (Siddiqi, 1970)
      Merliniinae (Siddiqi, 1971)
      Meiodorinae (Siddiqi, 1971)

Morphology and Anatomy:

      Cephalic framework with weak to medium sclerotization.  Stylet 15 to 40 µm
      long, with cone about as long as shaft.  Corpus not enlarged and 
      metacorporal valve of medium development.  Labial region continuous or
      with slight indentation, never bulbous.  SEM face view with six lip 
      sectors or with lateral lip sectors regressed.  Labial disc lemon-shaped
      or variously fused with lip sectors.  Disc and lip sectors sometimes fused
      together.  Sensillae openings often visible on the sub-median lip sectors.
      [Ref: Fortuner & Luc, Rev. Nematol. 10(2):183-202 (1987).]

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