Indian Journal of Nematology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 1986
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 2

Amphibelondira gen. n. (Nematoda: Belondiroidea) from Bhutan

  • Author:
  • M. Farooque Rahman, M. Shamim Jairajpuri, Wasim Ahmad, Irfan Ahmad
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 149 to 151

Section of Nematology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202001, India.

* Present address: Department of Zoology and Entomology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam.

Abstract

Amphibelondira gen. n. is described and illustrated. The new genus is closely related to Belondira Thorne, 1939; Belondirella Thorne, 1964 and Anchobelondira Nair & Coomans, 1971 and is characterized by having a non-constricted oesophageal expansion, an amphidelphic gonad and the absence of ventromedian supplements in male.

Keywords

Taxonomy, Amphibelondira bhutanensis Gen. N. and Sp. N.