Schistonchus
| Schistonchus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Order: | Aphelenchida |
| Family: | Aphelenchoididae |
| Genus: | Schistonchus Cobb, 1927 |
| Species | |
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Schistonchus is a plant-parasitic nematode genus in the family Aphelenchoididae.
Schistonchus laevigatus and Schistonchus aureus are plant-parasitic nematodes associated with the pollinator Pegoscapus assuetus and Pegoscapus mexicanus respectively and syconia of Ficus citrifolia and Ficus aurea respectively.[1]
Schistonchus caprifici is a nematode associated with the fig pollinator Blastophaga psenes, and its cleptoparasite Philotrypesis caricae.[2]
References
- ↑ Decrappeo, N.; Giblin-Davis, R. M. (2001). "Schistonchus aureus n. sp. and S. laevigatus n. sp. (Aphelenchoididae): Associates of native Floridian Ficus spp. and their Pegoscapus pollinators (Agaonidae)". Journal of Nematology 33 (2–3): 91–103. PMC 2638131. PMID 19266003.
- ↑ Vovlas, Nicola; Alessandra Larizza (1996). "Relationships of Schistonchus caprifici (Aphelenchoididae) with fig inflorescences, the fig pollinator Blastophaga psenes, and its cleptoparasite Philotrypesis caricae". Fundamental and Applied Nematology 19 (5): 443–448.
- J. Lloyd and K.A. Davies 1997: Two new species of Schistonchus (Tylenchida: Aphelenchoididae) associated with Ficus macrophylla from Australia. Fundamental and Applied Nematology, 20(1): 79-86.
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