Aphelenchoides Knowpia

Aphelenchoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Order:	Tylenchida
Family:	Aphelenchoididae
Subfamily:	Aphelenchoidinae
Genus:	Aphelenchoides; Fischer, 1894
Species
	as of 2015 138 species, including: Aphelenchoides arachidis; Aphelenchoides besseyi; Aphelenchoides bicaudatus; Aphelenchoides coffeae; Aphelenchoides composticola; Aphelenchoides fragariae; Aphelenchoides parietinus; Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi; Aphelenchoides saprophilus; Aphelenchoides subtenuis; ......;

Aphelenchoides is a genus of mycetophagous nematodes. Some species are plant pathogenic foliar nematodes.

Taxonomy edit

In 1961 Sanwal listed 33 species and provided a key.^[3]

The most important species of these are Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi, the chrysanthemum foliar nematode; Aphelenchoides fragariae, the spring crimp or spring dwarf nematode of strawberry, which also attacks many ornamentals; and Aphelenchoides besseyi, causing summer crimp or dwarf of strawberry and white tip of rice.

Several species of this genus feed ectoparasitically and endoparasitically on aboveground plant parts.

References edit

^ Eight known species of Aphelenchoides nematodes with description of a new species from Manipur, India. L. Bina Chanu, N. Mohilal, L. Victoria and M. Manjur Shah, J Parasit Dis. 2015 Jun; 39(2): 225–233, doi:10.1007/s12639-013-0323-4, PMC 4456556
^ ^a ^b Franklin MT. Aphelenchoides composticola n. sp. and A. saprophilus n. sp. from mushroom compost and rotting plant tissues. Nematologica. 1957;2:306–313. doi:10.1163/187529257X00392
^ Sanwal, K. C. (1961). "a Key to the Species of the Nematode genus Aphelenchoides Fischer, 1894". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 39 (2): 143–148. doi:10.1139/z61-018.