Cruznema brevicaudatum n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) and Indiana coimbatoriensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Pulchrocephalidae) from the mole-cricket, Gryllotalpa africana Beauvois, from India
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Cruznema brevicaudatum is described as a new species because its lips are not distinctly set off, and it has nine pairs of tubular and one pair of pyriform bursal ribs. Two diverticula of unknown function occur at the junction of the vas deferens and seminal vesicle. This is the first record of a Cruznema as an insect associate. Indiana coimbatoriensis is recognized as a new species on the basis of size and arrangement of spines on the body and lateral field. Only females were found.