EPPO Global Database

Punctodera chalcoensis(PUNCCH)

Distribution details in Mexico

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, no details
Comments
In 1976, it was found that the Mexican specimens differed from P. punctata and belonged to a distinct species which was called Punctodera chalcoensis (type specimens were collected near Chalco, state of Mexico).

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/006) : P. chalcoensis is considered to be widespread in the temperate maize-growing areas of Mexico causing damage. It has been reported at least from the following states: Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz.
References
* Sosa Moss C (1987) Cyst nematodes in Mexico, Central and South America. Nematologia Mediterranea 15(1), 1-12.

* Stone AR, Sosa Moss C, Mulvey RH (1976) Punctodera chalcoensis n.sp. (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) a cyst nematode from Mexico parasitising Zea mays. Nematologica 22(4), 381-389.
------- First description, type specimens collected near Chalco (state of Mexico).

* Tovar-Soto A, Cid del Prado-Vera I, Sandoval-Islas JS, Martínez-Garza A, Nicol JM, Evans K (2006) Los nematodes formadores de quistes en México. Revista Mexicana de Fitopatologia 24(2), 145-151.