Family TYLENCHULIDAE

                                     Rev 06/02/2006

Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Criconematoidea
         Tylenchulidae (Skarbilovich, 1947)
     

Synonyms:
      Paratylenchidae (Thorne, 1949)
      Sphaeronematidae (Raski & Sher, 1952)
      Meloidoderitidae (Kir'yanova & Pogosyan, 1973)
      Tylenchocriconematidae (Raski & Siddiqui, 1975)

Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Female body slender, swollen or globose. 
  • Cuticle thin and annulated except swollen forms may have fine punctations or minute tubercles. 
  • Lateral field present, not visible on swollen forms. 
  • Labial framework weak. 
  • Deirids rarely present. 
  • Stylet delicate. 
  • Esophagus with amalgamated pro-metacorpus or with slightly swollen procorpus, distinct metacorpus,
         isthmus, and pyriform glandular region. 
  • Male feeding apparatus degenerate.
  • Caudal alae absent in males. 
  • Near sedentary to sedentary obligate parasites of higher plants.

    • Ref: Maggenti, Luc, Raski, Fortuner & Geraert, Rev. Nematol. 10(2):135-142 (1987).

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