Chilenchus

Chilenchus is a genus of nematodes in the family Tylenchidae. The name comes from Chile, the country from where it originates.

Chilenchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Secernentea
Order:
Tylenchida
Superfamily:
Tylenchoidea
Family:
Tylenchidae
Subfamily:
Ecphyadophorinae
Genus:
Chilenchus

M.R. Siddiqi, 2000[1]
Species

Chilenchus elegans

The genus contains one species, Chilenchus elegans (Raski & Geraert, 1986) (syn. Lelenchus elegans Raski & Geraert, 1986).[2] the type species was collected from moist soil under thick tundra at Orange Bay, Hardy Peninsula, Hoste Island, Chile.

References
  1. M.R. Siddiqi, 2000. Tylanchida: Parasites of Plants and Insects, 2nd edition
  2. Review of the Genus Filenchus Andrassy, 1954 and Descriptions of Six New Species (Nemata: Tylenchidae). D.J. Raski and E. Geraert, Nematologica, Volume 32, Issue 3, pages 265–311, 1986, doi:10.1163/187529286X00390


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