Indian Journal of Nematology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 1995
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue: 2

Two new species of Tylenchoidea from Uttar Pradesh

  • Author:
  • P. Fazul Rahman, Irfan Ahmad
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 136 to 141

Institute of Agriculture, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002.

Abstract

Two new tylenchid species are described from Uttar Pradesh. Boleodorus constrictus n.sp. is characterized by a distinct narrowing of body beyond vulva and anus, lateral fields with crenate margins, metacorpus not distinctly demarcated from procorpus, reduced spermatheca and hooked tail. Ditylenchus domesticus n. sp. is characterized by a large body, lateral field with six lines, non-valvate metacorpus, basal bulb with flat to irregular base, post-uterine sac 1.10–1.57 vulval body diameters long, a cylendrical tail with rounded to subclavate terminus and bursa enveloping half of tail.

Keywords

Tylenchoidea, Boleodorus constrictus n. sp., Ditylenchus domesticus n. sp.