Nematology (2009) 11, 793-798

Paulo Vieira, Alexander Ryss, Ana Rita Santos and Manuel Mota (2009)
On the vulval morphology of some species of Bursaphelenchus (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchinae)
Nematology 11 (5), 793-798
Abstract: The vulval pattern of six species of the genus Bursaphelenchus (B. abruptus, B. conicaudatus, B. fraudulentus, B. luxuriosae, B. mucronatus and B. xylophilus) was studied using scanning electron microscopy. A terminology for the vulval region structures observed is proposed herein and illustrated by micrographs and line drawings. It was shown that, of the studied species, only B. mucronatus and B. xylophilus share an identical morphology of the vulval region, all other species differing significantly from each other and from both B. mucronatus and B. xylophilus. This study indicates the diagnostic potential for variation in vulval morphology within Bursaphelenchus and it is recommended that such features are recorded in all future descriptions.
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Database assignments for author(s): Paulo Vieira, Alexander Yuryevich Ryss, Manuel M. Mota

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
	Bursaphelenchus mucronatus
	Bursaphelenchus fraudulentus
	Bursaphelenchus conicaudatus
	Bursaphelenchus luxuriosae