Chilenchus

Chilenchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Order:	Tylenchida
Superfamily:	Tylenchoidea
Family:	Tylenchidae
Subfamily:	Ecphyadophorinae
Genus:	Chilenchus; M.R. Siddiqi, 2000
Species
	Chilenchus elegans

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

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

^ M.R. Siddiqi, 2000. Tylanchida: Parasites of Plants and Insects, 2nd edition
^ 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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[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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