Genus Mesocriconema
Andrassy, 1965
Synonym: Criconemella de Grisse and Loof, 1965
Criconemoides Taylor, 1936
Body fusiform with 33-194 annules, generally coarse and retrorse with
plain, irregular, or finely serrated margins. Stylet knobs with forwardly
directed processes. Lateral area of female sometimes marked by union
of anastomosing annules but without longitudinal lines or incisures.
Tail short and conical or broadly rounded. Males with two, three,
or four incisures in the lateral fields that extend on to the tail on narrow
caudal alae that reach almost to the terminus. Development through
juveniles that have smooth or crenated annules or with rows of scalelike
cuticular protrusions. (Mostly from Raski and Golden, 1966.)
Description (from Mai and Mullin, 1996)
DNA Sequences Obtained
| Specimen: |
Collected: |
| Konza FS-31 |
Konza Prairie, Preliminary survey |
Species found: at:
Species
List (from Ebsary, 1991)
