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Proleptonchus Lordello, 1955

583016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:583016)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Nematoda (Phylum)
  4. Enoplea (Class)
  5. Dorylaimia (Subclass)
  6. Dorylaimida (Order)
  7. Dorylaimina (Suborder)
  8. Tylencholaimoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Leptonchidae (Family)
  10. Leptonchinae (Subfamily)
  11. Proleptonchus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Leptonchinae Thorne, 1935
Amphorostoma Clark, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Didoryllium Izatullaeva, 1967 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Picarilaimus Sukul, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Proleptonchus aestivus Lordello, 1955
  2. Species Proleptonchus amphidius Jairajpuri, 1964
  3. Species Proleptonchus angulovaginatus Razjivin & O'Relly Legón, 1981
  4. Species Proleptonchus attenuatus Ahmad, Sturhan & Wouts, 2003
  5. Species Proleptonchus brevisaccus Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1974
  6. Species Proleptonchus bryophilus (Imamura, 1931) Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1974
  7. Species Proleptonchus caudatus (Sukul, 1973) Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1992
  8. Species Proleptonchus clarus Timm, 1964
  9. Species Proleptonchus dieteri De Bruin & Heyns, 1992
  10. Species Proleptonchus fagi Jiménez-Guirado & Arcos, 1994
  11. Species Proleptonchus indicus Siddiqi & Khan, 1964
  12. Species Proleptonchus japonicus Ahad & Ahmad, 2016
  13. Species Proleptonchus johnsoni Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1974
  14. Species Proleptonchus kazirangus Ahad & Ahmad, 2016
  15. Species Proleptonchus krugeri Botha & Heyns, 1992
  16. Species Proleptonchus lacihoveyensis Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1974
  17. Species Proleptonchus luquillensis Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1974
  18. Species Proleptonchus orientalis Ahmad, Park, Lee & Choi, 2009
  19. Species Proleptonchus parkerus Choi & Jairajpuri, 1998
  20. Species Proleptonchus paucipapillatus (Meyl, 1956) Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1974
  21. Species Proleptonchus prerectus Ahad & Ahmad, 2016
  22. Species Proleptonchus saccatus (Clark, 1962) Andrássy, 1963
  23. Species Proleptonchus sclerouterinus Mushtaq, Naz & Ahmad, 2007
  24. Species Proleptonchus shamimi Bajaj & Bhatti, 1980
  25. Species Proleptonchus sinensis Li, Baniyamuddin, Ahmad & Wu, 2008
  26. Species Proleptonchus teres Jairajpuri, 1964
  27. Species Proleptonchus ventracaudatus Razjivin & O'Relly Legón, 1981
  28. Species Proleptonchus weischeri Goseco & Ferris, 1976
  29. Species Proleptonchus zakii Chisty & Sahoo, 1985
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lordello, L. G. E. (1955). On the morphology of Proleptonchus aestivus n. gen., n. sp. and Dorylaimus lourdesae n. sp., two new soil nematodes from Brazil. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 22: 71-75. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Proleptonchus Lordello, 1955. Accessed at: https://www.nemys.ugent.be/aphia.php/10.3390/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=583016 on 2026-07-22
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2011-10-24 08:22:04Z
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Vanaverbeke, Jan
2013-01-25 12:33:02Z
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Vanaverbeke, Jan
2013-05-14 05:52:37Z
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Vanaverbeke, Jan
2016-11-09 15:26:01Z
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Holovachov, Oleksandr
2024-03-18 13:00:42Z
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Peña Santiago, Reyes
2025-03-17 14:52:26Z
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Peña Santiago, Reyes

original description Lordello, L. G. E. (1955). On the morphology of Proleptonchus aestivus n. gen., n. sp. and Dorylaimus lourdesae n. sp., two new soil nematodes from Brazil. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 22: 71-75. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Amphorostoma Clark, 1962) Clark, W. C. (1962). Amphorostoma saccatum n, gen. et sp., farnily Leptonchidae Enoplida, Nematoda. <em>Nematologica.</em> 7: 193-196., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/187529262x00161 [details] 

original description (of Didoryllium Izatullaeva, 1967) Izatullaeva, R. I. (1967). [On the family Leptonchidae Thorne, 1935.]. <em>Izvestija Akademiii Nauk Kazachskoj SSR, Serija Biologiceskaja.</em> 5: 52-59. [In Russian.]. [details] 

original description (of Picarilaimus Sukul, 1973) Sukul, N. C. (1973). New nematodes for the order Dorylaimida from West Bengal, India. <em>Journal of the Zoological Society of India.</em> 24(1972): 81-89. [details] 

additional source Jairajpuri, M. S. (1964). Studies on the genus Proleptonchus Lordello, 1955 (Dorylaimoidea: Leptonchidae) with description of two new species from India. <em>Nematologica.</em> 10: 116-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/187529264x00727 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Timm, R. W.; Ameen, M. (1960). Nematodes Associated With Commercial Crops In East Pakistan. <em>Agriculture Pakistan.</em> 11 (3) : 1-9. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source De Oliveira Pinto, T.K.,Netto, S.A., Esteves, A.M., De Castro, F.J.V., Neres, P.F. and Da Silva, M.C. (2021). Free-living freshwater nematodes from Brazil: checklist of genera and regional patterns of diversity. <em>Nematology.</em> 0 (2021) 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10100 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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