Diagnosis: Body cylindroid and arcuate. Cuticle with fine
transverse striations, sub-cuticle distinctly and coarsely striated.
Radial refractive elements present. Body pores arranged in two rows.
Lip region offset, lips and papillae distinct. Amphids apparently
duplex. Stoma cuticularized. Odontostyle usually slender, sometimes
arcuate; odontophore cuticularized, arcuate. Oesophagus slender,
oesophageal bulb long and cylindrical. Cardia distinct and large.
Vulva longitudinal. Female reproductive system amphidelphic.
Prerectum very long, its junction with intestine posterior to vulva and
guarded by three cells. Spicules dorylaimoid; lateral guiding pieces and
series of well-spaced ventromedian supplements present. Tail hemispheroid,
bluntly conoid, tip mucronate or acute; similar in sexes.
(Description- Jairajpuri and Ahmad, 1992)
Type species: Funaria thornei van der Linde, 1938.
Species found: at:
F. cacti | 9 Mile Prairie |
Other species:
F. apitica (Thorne, 1964) Goseco, Ferris
and Ferris, 1974
Syn.: Doryschota apitica
Thorne, 1964
F.
cacti Goseco, Ferris and Ferris, 1974
F. fimbriata (Thorne, 1939) Goseco, Ferris
and Ferris, 1974
Syn.: Leptonchus fimbriatus
Thorne, 1939
F. indica Bajaj and Bhatti, 1982
F. maryanneae Goseco and Ferris, 1976
F. obtusa (Thorne, 1939) Goseco, Ferris and
Ferris, 1974
Syn.: Leptonchus obtusus
Thorne, 1939
F. orientalis Khan and Khan, 1988
F. ourasphaira Goseco, Ferris and Ferris,
1974
F. rothi Goseco, Ferris and Ferris, 1974