Longidoridae

Longidoridae (longidorid nematodes) is a family of polyphagous root ectoparasites in the phylum Nematoda (nematodes) with a worldwide distribution.

Longidoridae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Enoplea
Order:	Dorylaimida
Suborder:	Dorylaimina
Superfamily:	Dorylaimoidea
Family:	Longidoridae Thorne, 1935

Taxonomy

There are about 720 species divided amongst seven genera in the family, which is further subdivided into subfamilies and tribes.

Subdivision

Subfamilies;

• Longidorinae (480 spp.)
• Xiphineminae (240 spp.)

Tribes;

• Subfamily Longidorinae
  • Longidorini
  • Xiphidorini
• Subfamily Xiphineminae

Genera

• Subfamily Longidorinae
  • Tribe Longidorini
    • Longidorus (144 spp.)
    • Longidoroides (13 spp.)
    • Paralongidorus (72 spp.)
  • Tribe Xiphidorini
    • Australodorus (1 sp.)
    • Paraxiphidorus (3 spp.)
    • Xiphidorus (8 spp.)
• Subfamily Xiphineminae
  • • Xiphinema (some 240 spp.)

Pathology

With the Trichodoridae, the Longidoridae form the two Enoplea nematode families known to be plant parasites, though from different subclasses, and the only virus vectors (particularly nepoviruses) in phylum Nematoda.

Bibliography

• R. T. Robbins and D. J. F. Brown (March 1996). "Descriptions of Three New Longidorus Species from Alaska (Nematoda: Longidoridae)". J Nematol. 28 (1): 83–93. PMC 2619677. PMID 19277349.
• Lee, Donald L, ed. (2010). The biology of nematodes. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0415272117. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
• Ahmad, Wasim; Jairajpuri, M. Shamim (1992). Dorylaimida : free-living, predaceous and plant-parasitic Nematodes. Leiden: E.J. Brill. ISBN 9004092293. Retrieved 19 December 2014.