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Criconemella

Criconemella DeGrisse & Loof, 1965 (ref. ID; 5832)

Family Criconematidae (ref. ID; 6182)

Synonym Criconemoides Taylor (ref. ID; 5832); Macroposthonia De Man, 1880 (ref. ID; 5832); Madinema Khan, Chawla & Saha, 1976 (cf. Andrassy (1979), Luc and Raski (1981), Orton Williams (1981)) (ref. ID; 5832); Mesocriconema Andrassy, 1965 (ref. ID; 5832); Nothocriconemoides Maas, Loof & DeGrisse, 1971 (ref. ID; 5832)

ref. ID; 5832

Diagnosis (after Luc and Raski 1981)

Female body 0.20-1.0 mm. Annules 42-210, smooth to crenate, anastomoses present or absent. Submedian lobes present or absent, if present may be fused to varying degrees or separate. Labial plates present or absent. Vulva open or closed, anterior vulval lip ornamented or not. Vagina straight or sigmoid. Stylet well developed, 25-129 µm. Esophagus about 30% of body length. Tail shape variable. (ref. ID; 5832)
  • Juveniles: Annules smooth to crenate. (ref. ID; 5832)
  • Males: Head end rounded to conoid, lateral incisures two to four, usually four, bursa distinct. (ref. ID; 5832)
    1. Criconemella alticola (Ivanova, 1976) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Nothocriconema alticolum Ivanova, 1976 (ref. ID; 5832)
    2. Criconemella amorpha (ref. ID; 5832)
    3. Criconemella annulata (ref. ID; 5832)
    4. Criconemella annulatiformis (ref. ID; 5832)
    5. Criconemella antipolitana (DeGuiran 1963) Luc & Raski, 1981 (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Criconemella malusi (Razzhivin, 1974) Luc & Raski, 1981 (ref. ID; 5832)
    6. Criconemella axestis (ref. ID; 5832)
    7. Criconemella azania (ref. ID; 5832)
    8. Criconemella bakeri (ref. ID; 5832)
    9. Criconemella basili (ref. ID; 5832)
    10. Criconemella britsiensis (ref. ID; 5832)
    11. Criconemella brevistyla (ref. ID; 5832)
    12. Criconemella caballaroi (ref. ID; 5832)
    13. Criconemella caelata (ref. ID; 5832)
    14. Criconemella canadensis (Ebsary, 1981) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Macroposthonia canadensis Ebsary, 1981 (ref. ID; 5832)
    15. Criconemella citricola (Siddiqi, 1965) Luc & Raski, 1981 (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Madinema maglia Khan et al., 1976 (cf. Orton Williams, 1981) (ref. ID; 5832)
    16. Criconemella crenata (ref. ID; 5832)
    17. Criconemella cufeum (ref. ID; 5832)
    18. Criconemella curvata (ref. ID; 5832)
    19. Criconemella denoudeni (ref. ID; 5832)
    20. Criconemella dherdei (ref. ID; 5832)
    21. Criconemella discus (Thorne & Malek, 1968) Luc & Raski, 1981 (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Discocriconemella inarata Hoffmann, 1974 (ref. ID; 5832)
    22. Criconemella divida (ref. ID; 5832)
    23. Criconemella ferniae (ref. ID; 5832)
    24. Criconemella goodeyi (ref. ID; 5832)
    25. Criconemella hlaga (Van den Berg, 1979)
      See; Lobocriconema (ref. ID; 5832)
    26. Criconemella humilis (ref. ID; 5832)
    27. Criconemella incisa (ref. ID; 5832)
    28. Criconemella incrassata (Raski & Golden, 1966) (ref. ID; 5832)
      See; possibly close to Neobakernema Ebsary, 1981 (ref. ID; 5832)
    29. Criconemella informis (Micoletzky, 1922) Luc & Raski, 1981 (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Criconemella insignis (Siddiqi, 1961) (cf. DeGrisse, 1969) (ref. ID; 5832)
    30. Criconemella insignis (Siddiqi, 1961) (cf. DeGrisse, 1969)
      See; Criconemella informis (ref. ID; 5832)
    31. Criconemella inusitata (ref. ID; 5832)
    32. Criconemella irregularis (ref. ID; 5832)
    33. Criconemella kirjanovae (ref. ID; 5832)
    34. Criconemella kralli (ref. ID; 5832)
    35. Criconemella lamottei (Luc, 1970)
      See; Discocriconemella (ref. ID; 5832)
    36. Criconemella lineolata (Maas et al., 1971) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Nothocriconemoides lineolatus Maas et al., 1971 (ref. ID; 5832)
    37. Criconemella longistyleta (ref. ID; 5832)
    38. Criconemella macrodora (Taylor, 1936) Luc & Raski, 1981
      See; Xenocriconemella (ref. ID; 5832)
    39. Criconemella maritima (ref. ID; 5832)
    40. Criconemella maskaka (ref. ID; 5832)
    41. Criconemella medani (Phukan & Sanwal, 1980) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Macroposthonia medani Phukan & Sanwal, 1980 (ref. ID; 5832)
    42. Criconemella microdora (ref. ID; 5832)
    43. Criconemella mongolensis (ref. ID; 5832)
    44. Criconemella mongomorga (ref. ID; 5832)
    45. Criconemella myungsugae (ref. ID; 5832)
    46. Criconemella nainitalensis (Edward & Misra, 1964) (cf. DeGrisse, 1967)
      See; Criconemella xenoplax (ref. ID; 5832)
    47. Criconemella neoaxestis (Jairajpuri & Siddiqi, 1963) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Lobocriconema neoaxestum (Jairajpuri & Siddiqi, 1963) DeGrisse, 1967 (ref. ID; 5832)
    48. Criconemella oblonglineata (ref. ID; 5832)
    49. Criconemella obtusicaudata (Heyns, 1962) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Macroposthonia obtusicaudata (Heyns, 1962) DeGrisse & Loof, 1965 (ref. ID; 5832)
    50. Criconemella onoensis (ref. ID; 5832)
    51. Criconemella onostris (Phukan & Sanwal, 1980) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Macroposthonia onostris Phukan & Sanwal, 1980 (ref. ID; 5832)
    52. Criconemella oostenbrinki (ref. ID; 5832)
    53. Criconemella ornata (ref. ID; 5832)
    54. Criconemella palustris (ref. ID; 5832)
    55. Criconemella paragoodeyi (ref. ID; 5832)
    56. Criconemella paramonovi (ref. ID; 5832)
    57. Criconemella parareedi (Ebsary, 1981) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Macroposthonia parareedi Ebsary, 1981 (ref. ID; 5832)
    58. Criconemella parva (ref. ID; 5832)
    59. Criconemella parvula (ref. ID; 5832)
    60. Criconemella peruensiformis (ref. ID; 5832)
    61. Criconemella peruensis (ref. ID; 5832)
    62. Criconemella pleriannulata (ref. ID; 5832)
    63. Criconemella pruni (Siddiqi, 1961) (cf. DeGrisse 1969)
      See; Criconemella xenoplax (ref. ID; 5832)
    64. Criconemella pseudohercyniensis (ref. ID; 5832)
    65. Criconemella pseudosolivaga (ref. ID; 5832)
    66. Criconemella raskiensis (ref. ID; 5832)
    67. Criconemella reedi (ref. ID; 5832)
    68. Criconemella rotundicauda (ref. ID; 5832)
    69. Criconemella rusium (ref. ID; 5832)
    70. Criconemella rustica (ref. ID; 5832)
    71. Criconemella similicrenata (ref. ID; 5832)
    72. Criconemella solivaga (ref. ID; 5832)
    73. Criconemella sosamossi (ref. ID; 5832)
    74. Criconemella sphaerocephala (ref. ID; 5832)
    75. Criconemella sphaerocephaloides (DeGrisse, 1967) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Macroposthonia sphaerocephaloides (DeGrisse, 1967) Orton Williams, 1981 (ref. ID; 5832)
    76. Criconemella surinamensis (ref. ID; 5832)
    77. Criconemella teres (ref. ID; 5832)
    78. Criconemella tescorum (DeGuiran, 1963) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Criconemoides rihandi Edward et al., 1968 (ref. ID; 5832); Macroposthonia coomansi DeGrisse, 1967 (ref. ID; 5832); Macroposthonia tescorum (DeGuiran, 1963) DeGrisse & Loof, 1965 (ref. ID; 5832)
    79. Criconemella tulaganovi (ref. ID; 5832)
    80. Criconemella vadensis (ref. ID; 5832)
    81. Criconemella vallicola (Ivanova, 1976) n. comb. (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Nothocriconema vallicolum Ivanova, 1976 (ref. ID; 5832)
    82. Criconemella vernus (ref. ID; 5832)
    83. Criconemella wolgogica (ref. ID; 5832)
    84. Criconemella xenoplax (Raski, 1952) Luc & Raski, 1981 (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Criconemella nainitalensis (Edward & Misra, 1964) (cf. DeGrisse, 1967) (ref. ID; 5832); Criconemella pruni (Siddiqi, 1961) (cf. DeGrisse 1969) (ref. ID; 5832)
    85. Criconemella yapoensis (ref. ID; 5832)
    86. Criconemella yossifovichi (ref. ID; 5832)
    87. Criconemella zavadskii (Tulaganov, 1941) DeGrisse & Loof, 1965 (ref. ID; 5832)
      Syn; Nothocriconema montanus Razzhivin, 1974 (ref. ID; 5832)