Diphtherophorina

Trichodorus, from here.

Belongs within: Enoplia.

The Diphtherophorina are a group of plant-parasitic nematodes whose head bears a protrusible piercing spear (Ley & Blaxter 2002).

Diphtherophorina [Diphtherophoroidea]
    |--Diphtherophoridae LB02
    `--Trichodoridae LB02
         |--Paratrichodorus W02
         |    |--P. allius [=Trichodorus allius] W02
         |    `--P. porosus [=Trichodorus porosus] W02
         `--Trichodorus W02
              |--T. borneoensis J02
              |--T. californicus J02
              |--T. cedarus J02
              |--T. coomansi J02
              |--T. cottieri J02
              |--T. cylindricus J02
              |--T. dilatatus J02
              |--T. eburnens J02
              |--T. elegans J02
              |--T. intermedius J02
              |--T. primitivus J02
              |--T. proximus J02
              |--T. similis W02
              |--T. taylori J02
              |--T. variopapillatus J02
              `--T. viruliferus L02

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[J02] Justine, J.-L. 2002. Male and female gametes and fertilisation. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 73-119. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[L02] Lee, D. L. 2002. Behaviour. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 369-387. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[LB02] Ley, P. de, & M. Blaxter. 2002. Systematic position and phylogeny. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 1-30. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

[W02] Wyss, U. 2002. Feeding behaviour of plant-parasitic nematodes. In The Biology of Nematodes (D. L. Lee, ed.) pp. 233-259. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).