Schistonchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Secernentea |
Order: | Aphelenchida |
Family: | Aphelenchoididae |
Genus: |
Schistonchus Cobb, 1927 |
Species | |
Schistonchus is a genus of plant-parasitic nematodes in the family Aphelenchoididae.
Schistonchus laevigatus and Schistonchus aureus are plant-parasitic nematodes associated with the pollinator Pegoscapus assuetus and Pegoscapus mexicanus respectively and syconia of Ficus citrifolia and Ficus aurea respectively.
Schistonchus caprifici is a nematode associated with the fig pollinator Blastophaga psenes, and its cleptoparasite Philotrypesis caricae.