Longidorus sylphus

Thorne's needle nematode
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Subclass: Diplogasteria
Order: Dorylaimida
Superfamily: Dorylaimoidea
Family: Longidoridae
Subfamily: Longidorinae
Genus: Longidorus
Species: L. sylphus
Binomial name
Longidorus sylphus
Thorne, 1939[1]
Synonyms
  • Longidorus elongatus (de Man, 1876) Thorne & Swanger, 1936
  • Longidorus menthosolanus[2]

Longidorus sylphus (Thorne's needle nematode) is a plant pathogenic nematode, which attacks mint.

References

  1. ↑ Longidorus sylphus at Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Biology, host ranges, and damage levels of root-parasitic nematodes on Pacific Northwest grasses at Oregon State University
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