''Chilenchus'' is a genus of nematodes in the family

Tylenchidae Tylenchidae is a family of nematodes. They are an important group of soil dwelling species that frequently contributes as much as 30% to the nematode species richness of soil samples. They diverged relatively early on and many species pose little ...

. The name comes from

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

, the country from where it originates. The genus contains one species, ''Chilenchus elegans'' (

Raski Raski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lewin Brzeski, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( pl, województwo opolskie ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Po ...

& Geraert, 1986) (syn. ''Lelenchus elegans'' Raski & Geraert, 1986).Review of the Genus Filenchus Andrassy, 1954 and Descriptions of Six New Species (Nemata: Tylenchidae). D.J. Raski and E. Geraert, Nematologica, Volume 32, Issue 3, pages 265–311, 1986, the type species was collected from moist soil under thick tundra at Orange Bay,

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, Hoste Island, Chile.

References

External links

''Chilenchus'' at Biolib.cz

''Chilenchus elegans'' at Biolib.cz
Tylenchida Secernentea genera Monotypic protostome genera {{Secernentea-stub