Species Fergusobia tumifaciens (Currie, 1937)

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• Anguillulina (Fergusobia) tumifaciens Currie, G.A. 1937. Galls on eucalyptus trees. A new type of association between flies and nematodes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3/4): 147-174 [158].

  Type data:

   Neotype ANIC parthenogenetic ♀, Jindera Street, Jindera, near Albury in NSW, Australia [36°04.32´S 146°92.90´E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Davies, K.A., Ye, W., Giblin-Davis, R.M., Taylor, G.S., Hodda, M. & Thomas, W.K. 2014. Nematodes from galls on Myrtaceae. VII. Fergusobia from 'leafy' leaf bud galls in Australia, with re-description of Fergusobia tumifaciens (Currie 1937) Wachek 1955 and descriptions of Fergusobia planchonianae n. sp. and Fergusobia viminalisae n. sp. Zootaxa 3856(4): 529–554 [533].
• Anguillulina (Fergusobia) curriei Johnston, T.H. 1938. A census of the free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes recorded as occurring in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 62: 149-167 [153] [was nom. nov.].

Generic Combinations

• Fergusobia curriei (Johnston, 1938) [nec Anguillulina tumefaciens (Cobb, 1932) Goodey, 1933 = Tylenchus tumefaciens Cobb, 1932)]. —
  Christie, J.R. 1941. Chapter V. Life history (zooparasitica). Parasites of invertebrates. pp. 246-266 in Christie, J.R. (ed). An Introduction to Nematology. Babylon, New York Vol. II(II) pp. 243-372. [263]
• Fergusobia tumifaciens (Currie, 1937). —
  Wachek, F. 1955. Die entoparasitischen Tylenchiden. Parasitologische Schriftenreihe 3: 1-119

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Plant parasite (associated flora: Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.T.Baker, 1898 [MYRTACEAE] Apple Box (ACT – Black Mountain)).

General References

Davies, K.A., Ye, W., Giblin-Davis, R.M., Taylor, G.S., Hodda, M. & Thomas, W.K. 2014. Nematodes from galls on Myrtaceae. VII. Fergusobia from 'leafy' leaf bud galls in Australia, with re-description of Fergusobia tumifaciens (Currie 1937) Wachek 1955 and descriptions of Fergusobia planchonianae n. sp. and Fergusobia viminalisae n. sp. Zootaxa 3856(4): 529–554 [533] (redescription)

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