Genus Microdorylaimus
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ORDER DORYLAIMIDA
Family Qudsianematidae
Genus Microdorylaimus
Genus Microdorylaimus
Andrassy, 1986
“Body small, 0.3-0.8 mm, fairly plump. Cuticle smooth. Lip region set off, lips angular. Amphids generally large, with cyathiform fovea. Odontostyle 8-12 micrometers, about one lip region width long. Guiding ring single. Odontophore rod-like. Oesophagus long, nearly one-third total body length (b = 2.7-3.8), abruptly expanding in posterior two-fifths. Female reproductive system amphidelphic. Vulva transverse, may be weakly cuticularised, post-equatorial. Males extremely rare. Ventromedian supplements spaced, number three-eight; precloacal space absent. Tail conoid, ventrally curved; similar in sexes. Type species: Microdorylaimus parvus (De Man, 1880) Andrassy, 1986”
Description from Jairajpuri and Ahmad, 1992 and from Powers and Mullin website http://nematode.unl.edu/
References:
Jairajpuri MS, Ahmad W. 1992. Dorylaimida: free-living, predacious and plant-parasitic nematodes. Oxford and IBH, New Delhi
Powers T. and P. Mullin. Plant and Insect Parasitic Nematodes. University of Nebraska Nematology Website. http://nematode.unl.edu/