Schistonchus

{{short description|Genus of nematodes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Schistonchus

| authority = Cobb, 1927

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| display_parents = 2

| subdivision =

• Schistonchus aureus
• Schistonchus caprifici
• Schistonchus laevigatus

}}

Schistonchus is a genus of plant-parasitic nematodes in the family Aphelenchoididae.

Schistonchus laevigatus and Schistonchus aureus are plant-parasitic nematodes associated with the pollinator Pegoscapus assuetus and Pegoscapus mexicanus respectively and syconia of Ficus citrifolia and Ficus aurea respectively.{{cite journal | last = Decrappeo | first = N. |author2=Giblin-Davis, R. M. | year = 2001 | title = Schistonchus aureus n. sp. and S. laevigatus n. sp. (Aphelenchoididae): Associates of native Floridian Ficus spp. and their Pegoscapus pollinators (Agaonidae) | journal = Journal of Nematology | volume = 33 | pages = 91–103 | pmid = 19266003 | issue = 2–3 | pmc = 2638131 }}

Schistonchus caprifici is a nematode associated with the fig pollinator Blastophaga psenes, and its cleptoparasite Philotrypesis caricae.Vovlas, Nicola; Alessandra Larizza (1996). "Relationships of Schistonchus caprifici (Aphelenchoididae) with fig inflorescences, the fig pollinator Blastophaga psenes, and its cleptoparasite Philotrypesis caricae". Fundamental and Applied Nematology 19 (5): 443–448.

Schistonchus macrophylla and Schistonchus altermacrophylla are associated with the pollinator Pleistodontes froggatti of Ficus macrophylla.{{cite journal | first1=Janine | last1= Lloyd | first2= Kerrie A. | last2=Davies | year= 1997| title= Two new species of Schistonchus (Tylenchida: Aphelenchoididae) associated with Ficus macrophylla from Australia | journal=Fundamental and Applied Nematology| volume= 20| issue=1| pages=79–86 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260980685 }}