Description of a new dagger nematode, Xiphinema barooghii n. sp. (Nematoda: Longidoridae) and additional data on the three known species of the genus from northwest of Iran.

ABSTRACT: Xiphinema barooghii n. sp. collected from the rhizosphere of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Roodghat area, Sufiyan, East-Azarbaijan province, northwest of Iran, is described on the basis of the morphological, morphometric and molecular data. The new species belongs to morphospecies group 6 of the polytomous key prepared by Loof and Luc, 1990. Xiphinema barooghii n. sp. is characterized by having two almost equally developed female reproductive branches with spines in the tubular portion of the uterus, a body length of 3.67-4.25 mm, a flat lip region, rounded cephalic region, separated from body contour by a shallow depression, a spear 215-225 μm long, mid-body diameter of 60-79 μm, vulva (46-48%), a short tail (30-38 µm, c = 103-133, c' = 0.7-0.9), conoid, dors

SUBMITTER: Vazifeh N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6929665 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature