Hoplolaimidae is a family of plant pathogenic
nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
s. It has two subfamilies, Hoplolaiminae and Rotylenchulinae. Typically hoplolaimids are
ecto- or semi
endoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
s of higher plants.
Subfamilies and genera in Hoplolaimidae
Type subfamily
Hoplolaiminae Filip'ev, 1934.
* Nemonchinae Skarbilovich, 1959
* Rotylenchoidinae Whitehead, 1958
* Aphasmatylenchinae Sher, 1965 (n. syn.)
* Rotylenchinae Golden, 1971 (n. syn.)
* Pararotylenchinae Baldwin & Bell, 1981 (n. syn.)
Genera
* ''
Hoplolaimus'' von Daday, 1905
* ''
Rotylenchus'' Filip'ev, 1936
* ''
Helicotylenchus
''Helicotylenchus'' is a genus of nematodes in the family Hoplolaimidae. They are known generally as spiral nematodes.O'Bannon, J. H. and R. N. Inserra''Helicotylenchus'' species as crop damaging parasitic nematodes.Nematology Circular 165. Flori ...
'' Steiner, 1945
* ''
Scutellonema
''Scutellonema'' is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Hoplolaimidae
Hoplolaimidae is a family of plant pathogenic nematodes. It has two subfamilies, Hoplolaiminae and Rotylenchulinae. Typically hoplolaimids are ectoparasite, ecto- or ...
'' Andrâssy, 1958
* ''
Aorolaimus'' Sher, 1963
* ''
Aphasmatylenchus'' Sher, 1965
* ''
Antarctylus'' Sher, 1973
* ''
Pararotylenchus'' Baldwin & Bell, 1981
Other subfamily
Rotylenchulinae Husain & Khan, 1967
* Acontylinae Fotedar & Handoo, 1978
Genera
* ''
Rotylenchulus'' Lindford & Oliveira, 1940
* ''
Acontylus'' Meagher, 1968
* ''
Senegalonema'' Germani, Luc & Baldwin, 1983
References
Fortuner, R., 1987. A reappraisal of Tylenchina (Nemata). 8. The family Hoplolaimidae Filip'ev, 1934 (Tylenchoidea). ''Revue de Nématologie'' 10(2): 219-232
External links
Nemaplex, University of California - Hoplolaimidae
Tylenchida
Plant pathogenic nematodes
Nematode families
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