Schistonchus caprifici

Schistonchus caprifici is a plant parasitic nematode in the genus Schistonchus parasitizing the caprifig (Ficus carica sylvestris). It is found in Spain and Italy.[1]

Schistonchus caprifici
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Secernentea
Order:
Aphelenchida
Family:
Aphelenchoididae
Genus:
Schistonchus
Species:
S. caprifici
Binomial name
Schistonchus caprifici
(Gasparrini, 1864) Cobb, 1927
Synonyms

Anguillula caprifici Gasparrini, 1864

Blastophaga psenes is the vector of the nematode bringing it to the fig tree. This species is also transported by the cleptoparasite Philotrypesis caricae (Agaonidae).[2][3]

References
  1. Molecular variability and phylogeny of Schistonchus caprifici (Gasperrini, 1864) Cobb, 1927 (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Italy and Spain. Luca, F. de Castillo, Pablo Troccoli, Alberto Vovlas, Nicola Palomares Rius, Juan E. Juan, Nematology, 2010, volume 12, issue 4, pages 641-648, (abstract)
  2. Vovlas, Nicola; Alessandra Larizza (1996). "Relationships of Schistonchus caprifici (Aphelenchoididae) with fig inflorescences, the fig pollinator Blastophaga psenes, and its cleptoparasite Philotrypesis caricae". Fundamental and Applied Nematology. 19 (5): 443–448. (article)
  3. Schistonchus caprifici parasitizing caprifig (Ficus carica sylvestris) florets and the relationship with its fig wasp (Blastophaga psenes) vector, Vovlas N, Inserra R.N and Greco N, Nematologica, 1992, volume 38, number 2, pages 215-226, INIST:5290531, doi:10.1163/187529292X00180


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