Heterodorus Altherr, 1952

Jairajpuri, M. Shamim & Ahmad, Wasim, 1992, GENUS PUNGENTUS THORNE AND SWANGER, 1936, DORYLAIMIDA Free-living, Predaceous and Plant-parasitic Nematodes, E. J. Brill, pp. 176-207 : 186

Subgenus Heterodorus Altherr, 1952 ( Fig. 63 , E-G)

Diagnosis: Body length 1.8 - 2.6 mm. Lip region not offset, angular. Four cuticularised pieces present around oral aperture. Odontophore rod-like without basal flanges. Unique ovoid chamber present at junction of ovary and oviduct. Tail elongate-conoid. Males not known.

Type and only species: Enchodelus (Heterodorus) magnificas ( Altherr, 1952) Altherr, 1963

Figures

Fig. 63: A to D - Enchodelus (Paraenchodelus) constrictus; E to G - Enchodelus (Heterodorus) magnificus; H to K Enchodelus (Nepalus) nepalensis (A to D after Ahmad and Jairajpuri, 1980; E to G after Altherr, 1952; H to K after Zullini, 1973).