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A new and four known species of Diphtherophora (Nematoda: Diphtherophoridae) from Iran, with a diagnostic compendium of its species.
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Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2017 Dec 18; Vol. 4365 (3), pp. 311-330. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 18. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- A new and four known species of the genus Diphtherophora-D. geraerti sp. n., D. caudata, D. obesa, D. perplexans and D. tenera-were collected and identified from different plants and localities in Iran. Morphological and morphometric characters of Diphtherophora geraerti sp. n. are compared with those of closely-related species, including D. siddiqii, D. brevicollis, D. lata, D. obesa, D. citri, D. vasilevi and D. vitoshae. Females of the new species have a head continuous with the body contour, spear 11-14 µm in length, rod-shaped spermatozoa and conical tail with bluntly rounded to hemispherical terminus. Males have two ventromedian neck papillae located 22-25 and 52-60 µm from the anterior end, and two ventromedian supplements at 11-13 and 75-80 µm anterior from cloacal aperture, respectively. All Diphtherophora species recovered as part of the present study are new records for the Iranian nematode fauna. Finally, a diagnostic compendium is given, to assist with species identification in the genus.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1175-5334
- Volume :
- 4365
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Zootaxa
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29686207
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4365.3.3