Aphelenchoides

Sánchez-Monge, Alcides, Flores, Lorena, Salazar, Luis, Hockland, Sue & Bert, Wim, 2015, An updated list of the plants associated with plant-parasitic Aphelenchoides (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) and its implications for plant-parasitism within this genus, Zootaxa 4013 (2), pp. 207-224 : 215

Other plant-parasitic Aphelenchoides

While the MPPA represent 95% of the total reports, the other 10 species have been reported only from a limited number of plants ( Table 1 ). Noteworthy, some of them were reported on hosts with records of the MPPA species, and special attention should be paid in such instances for an accurate identification ( Fig. 3 ). Some plant genera could shelter a combination of the following species: A. blastopthorus + A. subtenuis on Narcissus sp. ( Amaryllidaceae ), A. blastopthorus + A. fragariae on Begonia sp. ( Begoniaceae ), A. blastopthorus + A. fragariae + A. ritzemabosi + A. subtenuis on Iris sp. ( Iridaceae ), A. fragariae + A. ritzemabosi + A. subtenuis on Colchicum sp. ( Colchicaceae ) and A. ritzemabosi + A. subtenuis on Tulipa sp. ( Liliaceae ). Species reported from a limited number of plant species in particular locations, i.e. A. ensete , A. nechaleos and A. paranechaleos , require more sampling and laboratory tests to confirm their specificity.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Possible combinations of other plant-parasitic Aphelenchoides and main foliar nematodes on associated plants. Gray areas indicate a combination of the overlapping foliar nematodes