Hemicriconemoides chitwoodi

Zeng, Yongsan, Ye, Weimin, Tredway, Lane, Martin, Samuel & Martin, Matt, 2012, Taxonomy and morphology of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with turfgrasses in North and South Carolina, USA, Zootaxa 3452, pp. 1-46 : 25

Hemicriconemoides chitwoodi

( Fig. 6 A–C)

Measurements. See Table 12 .

Remarks. Hemicriconemoides chitwoodi was described from Camellia sp. in Florida ( Esser 1960). It has been reported from California, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, NC and SC ( Siddiqi 1974a; Ye & Robbins 2000), as well as from China ( Wang 1993), Iran ( Afshar et al. 2006) and Japan ( Toida 1983; Hirata & Yuhara 1986). Economically important hosts include camellia in Florida, grape in California, mulberry and bonsai in Japan, jiroft in Iran, and fruit trees in China. In this study, it was found in samples taken in Cumberland County, NC, from turfgrass. Both morphology and morphometrics fit previous descriptions of this species ( Esser 1960; Ye & Robbins 2000).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Micrographs of Hemicriconemoides chitwoodi, H. wessoni, Paratylenchus goldeni and Aphelenchoides myceliophagus from turfgrasses in NC and SC. Scale bars: A, D = 50 µm; B, C, E – M = 20 µm. A. Entire body of H. chitwoodi. B. Pharyngeal region of H. chitwoodi. C. Vulva and tail region of H. chitwoodi. D. Entire body of H. wessoni. E. Pharyngeal region of H. wessoni. F. Vulva and tail region of H. wessoni. G. Pharyngeal region of P. g o l d e n i. H. Vulva and tail region of P. goldeni. I. Pharyngeal region of A. myceliophagus. J. Vulval region of A. myceliophagus. K. Pharyngeal region of A. myceliophagus. L. Female tail of A. myceliophagus. M. Male tail of A. myceliophagus.