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Re-description of Dorylaimellus graminis and new data (morphological, morphometrical, and molecular) for D. globatus and D. (Axodorylaimellus) parvulus are presented from Taf area, Khorramabad, Lorestan province, Iran. These three species are reported for the first time for Iranian nematode fauna. The population of D. graminis is characterized by its 0.8-1.0 mm long body, lip region offset by constriction, 6-8 pm broad with sclerotized pieces around the vestibule, odontostyle 5-7 pm long, neck region 234-290 pm long, pharyngeal expansion occupying 55-57% of total neck length, female genital system didelphic-amphidelphic, vulva longitudinal (V = 54-57), caudal region convex-conoid (33-36 pm, c = 23.0-30.4, c' = 1.8-2.6), spicules 21-25 pm long, and four spaced ventromedian supplements with a hiatus. The Iranian populations of two other species herein studied don't have significant differences compared to previously described populations. For the first time, the phylogenetic positions of these species based on 28S rDNA (D2-D3 segment) in this study are presented. Also based on molecular analyses we suggest that the genera Dorylaimellus and Axodorylaimellus are synonymous. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new species belonging to the genus Laimydorus , and a known species of the genus Labronema , collected from the rhizosphere of grassland plants in West Azarbaijan province, Iran, are presented. The new species is characterized by its body length (1.56–1.81 mm in females and 1.39–1.57 mm in males), lip region offset by weak constriction and wider than adjacent body (11–14 μm), odontostyle 17–20 μm long, neck length 312–434 μm, vulva longitudinal (V = 42.2–46.5), uterus well-developed and with Z-differentiations, tail long (219–237 μm, c = 6.9–8.3, c´ = 8.2–10) in females, short and convex-conoid with blunt terminus (19–22 μm, c = 68–72.5, c´ = 0.77–0.84) in males, spicules 40–45 μm long, and 18–20 contiguous ventromedian supplements with hiatus. Molecular analyses, using Bayesian inference based on D2-D3 expansion segments of the 28S rRNA (LSU), placed the new species in a clade comprising representatives of the genera Nevadanema , Dorylaimus , Labronema , Calcaridorylaimus , Mesodorylaimus , and Prodorylaimus , which all belong to Dorylaimidae. In addition, new data (molecular, morphometrics, images, and geographic distribution) are presented for the Iranian population of Labronema vulvapapillatum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]