Indian Journal of Nematology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 1994
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue: 1

Descriptions of Ischiodorylaimus paraugandanus sp.n. and Tylencholaimus asymmetrichus sp.n. (Nematoda: dorylaimida) from India

  • Author:
  • Tarique H. Khan, Wasim Ahmad
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 83 to 87

Section of Nematology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002.

Abstract

Two new species of dorylaim nematodes, one each belonging to the super families Dorylaimoidea and Tylencholaimoidea are described and illustrated. Ischiodorylaimus paraugandanus sp. n. has 4.91 mm long body; a=37; b=5.0; c=15; V=41: odontostyle = 54pm; odontophore =60pm; and is closely related to I. ugandanus Andrassy & Banage in Andrassy, 1969. Tylencholaimus asymmetricus sp. n. has 0.56–0.66 mm long body; a=25–27; b=3.4–4.0; c=38–39; V=69–72; odontostyle= 6–6.8pm; odontophore = 6-7ym and is closely related to T. nanus Thorne, 1939 and T. chathami Yeates, 1979.

Keywords

Ischiodorylaimus paraugandanus sp.n., Tylencholaimus asymmetricus sp. n.; Dorylaimida, soil nematode, description