Kingdom Animalia Class Adenophorea Order Dorylaimida Scientific name Xiphinema insigne | Phylum Nematoda Subclass Enoplia Superfamily Dorylaimoidea Rank Species | |
Similar Xiphinema, Xiphinema americanum, Xiphinema diversicaudatum, Hoplolaimus, Longidoridae | ||
Xiphinema insigne is a plant pathogenic nematode infecting tea. They are known to infect cacao trees.
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Distribution
They are known to live in the Philippines. It also resides in China, where it is the most common of all of the Xiphinema nematodes.
Characteristics
There is a great deal of interspecies variation within the Xiphinema insigne population, generally variations are due to, or at least correlate with, geographical or climate differences.
References
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