{{Short description|Genus of roundworms}} {{Automatic_taxobox | taxon = Chilenchus | authority = M.R. Siddiqi, 2000<ref>M.R. Siddiqi, 2000. Tylanchida: Parasites of Plants and Insects, 2nd edition</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''Chilenchus elegans'' | synonyms = }}
'''''Chilenchus''''' is a genus of nematodes in the family Tylenchidae. The name comes from Chile, the country from where it originates.
The genus contains one species, ''Chilenchus elegans'' (Raski & Geraert, 1986) (syn. ''Lelenchus elegans'' Raski & Geraert, 1986).<ref>Review of the Genus Filenchus Andrassy, 1954 and Descriptions of Six New Species (Nemata: Tylenchidae). D.J. Raski and E. Geraert, Nematologica, Volume 32, Issue 3, pages 265–311, 1986, {{doi|10.1163/187529286X00390}}</ref> the type species was collected from moist soil under thick tundra at Orange Bay, Hardy Peninsula, Hoste Island, Chile.
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== External links == <!-- * {{Wikispecies-inline}} * {{Commons-inline}} * {{eol|}} --> * [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonsubtaxa/id875684/ ''Chilenchus'' at Biolib.cz] * [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id875685/ ''Chilenchus elegans'' at Biolib.cz]
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Category:Tylenchida Category:Secernentea genera Category:Monotypic nematode genera
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