Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Talanema eshtiaghii sp. n. (Dorylaimida, Qudsianematidae) from Iran.

ABSTRACT: A new species of the genus Talanema, recovered from the northwest of Iran, was described based on morphological, morphometric, and molecular data. Talanema eshtiaghii sp. n. was characterized by its 1.45-1.68 mm long body, lip region offset by constriction and 13-15 μm wide, odontostyle 15-18 μm long, double guiding ring, neck 312-362 μm long, pharyngeal expansion occupying 41-43% of the total neck length, uterus tripartite, and 111-189 μm long or 2.1-3.2 body diameters, vulva transverse (V = 55-58), tail similar in both sexes, conical with a dorsal concavity (30-44 μm, c = 33-56, c' = 1.0-1.6), spicules 49-56 μm long, and 14-18 shortly spaced ventromedian supplements in front of the level of the anterior end of spicules, with distinct hiatus. It was compared to four closely

SUBMITTER: Vazifeh N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10241306 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature