Oligaphelenchoides maximus Poinar 2011 (roundworm)

Enoplea - Rhabditida - Aphelenchoididae

Full reference: G. O. Poinar. 2011. The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As Revealed in Stone, Amber and Mummies 1-429

Belongs to Oligaphelenchoides according to G. O. Poinar 2011

Sister taxa: Oligaphelenchoides atrebora, Oligaphelenchoides dominicanus

Type specimen: Poinar N-3-14. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)

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