New nematode Tahaminaindica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Tylencholaimoidea) from the tropical rainforest, Western Ghats.

ABSTRACT: During a nematological survey in the Western Ghats a new nematode belonging to the superfamily Tylencholaimoida (Dorylaimida) extracted from the rhizosphere of the soil of grasses, is described and illustrated. Tahaminaindicagen. nov., sp. nov. is characterized by females with a body length of 1.3-1.4 mm; lip region 8.0 μm wide, approximately one-fourth of the body diameter at the pharyngeal base; amphidial fovea cup-shaped, about one-half as wide as the lip region diameter. Odontostyle 8.0-9.0 μm long, 1.0-1.1 times lip region diameter; guiding ring simple; odontophore rod-like, 10.5-11.5 μm long with basal thickening or minute knobs-like structure; pharynx consisting of a weakly muscular anterior part, expanding abruptly into a cylindrical basal bulb, occupying about

SUBMITTER: Islam MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10719936 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature