Prodorylaimus filamentus sp. n. and Eutobrilus longicaudatoides sp. n. (Nematoda) from Lake Baikal, Russia

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3103 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR G. GAGARIN ◽  
TATYANA V. NAUMOVA

Two nematode species found in Lake Baikal, Russia are described. Prodorylaimus filamentus sp. n. is morphologically close to P. longicaudatoides Altherr, 1968 and P. kralli Tsalolikhin, 1975. The new species can be separated from P. longicaudatoides by the longer body (L = 4.89–6.06 mm versus L = 2.0–3.5 mm), relatively longer tail (c′ = 18.4–25.0 versus c′ = 14–18), longer odontostyle (60–65 µm long versus 32–37 µm long), presence of double and wide guiding ring and longer spicules (89–90 µm long versus 70–78 µm long). It can also be separated from P. kralli by the longer tail (c = 4.3– 6.0, c’ = 18.4–25.0 versus c = 7.0–8.0, c′ = 11–16), lower “vulva-anus to tail length” ratio (1.6–2.2 versus 2.5–3.0), shorter odontostyle (60–65 µm long versus 75–80 µm long). Eutobrilus longicaudatoides sp. n. is closely related to E. anguiculus Tsalolikhin, 1977, but is clearly distinct in the shorter outer labial setae (9–10 µm long or 45–52% of the labial region diameter versus 15–20 µm long or 50–60 % of the labial region diameter), longer tail (males, c = 5.3–5.5, c’ = 11.4–11.8, females, c = 4.5–6.3, c′ = 15.1–16.7, versus males, c = 7.4–10.4, c′ = 8–9, females, c = 5.0–7.7, c′ = 10–12), smaller number of supplements (5 versus 6) and shorter spicules (47–53 µm long versus 66–68 µm long).

Nematology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 529-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Fonderie ◽  
Hanne Steel ◽  
Tom Moens ◽  
Wim Bert

Although molecular techniques are revolutionising nematode taxonomy, morphological data still form the basis of nematode species descriptions. However, morphological characters show a natural variability that should be taken into account before describing new species. The current study presents the results of an elaborate morphometric study of Halicephalobus cf. gingivalis, including 15 measurements and 13 indices of 540 specimens, the progeny of a single parthenogenetic female and cultured under different temperature and food conditions and measured in different adult age groups, i.e., young adults with a developed vulva but before the onset of oviposition, adults laying eggs, and old, post-reproductive adults near the end of their life cycle. The morphometric characters were analysed using both univariate (analysis of variance) and multivariate (principal components and canonical discriminant analysis) techniques. The main results reveal that the morphometric characters most used in Halicephalobus identification keys have a huge variability within a single progeny, e.g., body length 1.9 times longer than the shortest or ratio VA/tail length 3.9 times larger than the smallest. This variability has a magnitude that has not been observed in nematodes before. Further, by changing the environmental factors, the morphometric characters are influenced to an extent that one could assign – with seemingly ‘statistical support’ – different ‘species’ of the genus to different subpopulations. With this experimental study we provide convincing elements to advocate an integrative taxonomic approach and to discourage the description of new species based only on morphometric differences.


Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1729 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS ZIEGLER ◽  
PATRICK DAVID ◽  
AURELIEN MIRALLES ◽  
DOAN VAN KIEN ◽  
Nguyen Quang Truong

A second species of the previously monotypic snake genus Fimbrios is described from the Truong Son Mountain Range, Vietnam. Fimbrios smithi sp. n. is included in this genus on the basis of the combination of the following characters: rostral, mental and first three to four labials with raised, erected edges; a horizontal ridge of tissues above the rostral; a very large loreal. It is distinguished from F. klossi by having the suture between the internasals longer than that between the prefrontals; two suboculars; 193 ventrals, and 72 unpaired subcaudal scales; total length of at least 440 mm in males (with a tail length of 94 mm, and a tail / total length ratio of 0.214); dorsum greyish brown, with a paler flank area, and pale blotches and stripes in the neck region. Fimbrios smithi sp. n. is the seventh snake species that has been described as new from the Phong Nha—Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, central Vietnam, in the last decade; it is the forty-fourth colubrid snake species known from that region, which now comprises 60 snake species in general.


Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4196 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR G. GAGARIN ◽  
TATYANA V. NAUMOVA

Two new nematode species found in Lake Baikal (Russia) are described and illustrated. Tobrilus methanus sp. n. is morphologically close to T. modestus Gagarin, 1996 and T. incognitus Tsalolikhin, 1972. The new species differs from T. modestus by the thinner body (a = 20–29 vs a = 15.5–18.5), longer pharynx (b = 3.4–4.4 vs b = 5.0–6.2), comparatively longer tail (cʹ = 3.4–5.0 vs cʹ = 2.0–2.5), less number of supplementary organs (6 vs 7–8) and presence of subterminal seta. T. methanus sp. n. differs from T. incognitus by the thicker body (a = 20–29 vs a = 35–37), longer pharynx (b = 3.4–4.4 vs b = 5.1–5.8), shorter outer labial setae (3–4 µm long vs 10 µm long) and presence of crystalloids. Tripyla posolskii sp. n. is close to T. dybowskii Tsalolikhin, 1976, but differs by the shorter body (L = 1548–2078 µm vs L = 2400–3530 µm), shorter tail (c = 4.7–7.2, cʹ = 5.8–7.9 vs c = 2.8–4.8, cʹ = 7.3–11.9) and shorter spicules (47–57 µm long vs 85–92 µm long). A key for the identification of valid species of the genus Tobrilus from Lake Baikal is given. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4459 (3) ◽  
pp. 525
Author(s):  
TATYANA V. NAUMOVA ◽  
VLADIMIR G. GAGARIN

Two new nematode species found in Lake Baikal (Russia) are described and illustrated. Prodorylaimus baikalensis sp. n. is morphologically close to P. irminii Vinciguerra & Orselli, 2011 and P. obesus Ahmad & Jarajpuri, 1982. From the first species it differs by the shorter and thinner body, longer tail, longer odontostyle and greater number of ventromedian supplements. From the second species it differs by the longer and more slender tail, shorter odontophore, longer female prerectum and greater number of ventromedian supplements in males. Mononchus minutus sp. n. is similar to M. niddensis Skwarra, 1921 and M. agilis Gagarin & Mataphonov, 2004. The new species differs from M. niddensis by the shorter body, more slender tail, longer buccal cavity, longer spicules and smaller number of ventromedian supplements in males. From M. agilis it differs by the shorter and thinner body, shorter tail, longer spicules and smaller number of ventromedian supplements in males. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 159-172
Author(s):  
Tatyana V. Naumova ◽  
Vladimir G. Gagarin

This paper describes and illustrates two new nematode species of the genus Paratrilobus Micoletzky, 1922. The species Paratrilobus tankhoyensis sp. nov. was found at the estuary of the Pereyomnaya River (water area of Lake Baikal, near the Tankhoy railway station). Paratrilobus tankhoyensis sp. nov. is most similar to P. expugnator (Tsalolichin, 1976) in the body size, but differs in the comparatively thin body, shorter and thicker tail, shorter stoma and spicules. Another new species, Paratrilobus aquaticus sp. nov., was found in Posolsk Bank (natural underwater elevation of the bottom between the southern and central basins of Lake Baikal). The species is similar to P. granulosus Gagarin & Naumova, 2011 and P. ultimus (Tsalolichin, 1977) in the structure of the precloacal supplements. It differs from the former in the absence of crystalloids, a comparatively longer pharynx, longer stoma and outer labial setae as well as the absence of subterminal seta. It differs from the latter in a longer pharynx, stoma and longer outer labial setae as well as a longer and more slender tail. We also discuss diagnostic features of the males of the genus Paratrilobus.


Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1177 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
KHUONG B. NGUYEN ◽  
UGUR GOZEL ◽  
HEATHER S. K_PPENH_FER ◽  
BYRON J. ADAMS

In a survey of entomopathogenic nematodes associated with plants and trees in areas adjacent to production citrus groves in Florida, a new species of nematode in the genus Heterorhabditis was found based of morphological and molecular studies. The new nematode is described as Heterorhabditis floridensis n. sp. H. floridensis n. sp. is characterized by males, females, and infective juveniles. For males, the number of papillae in the terminal group of bursa is variable, either with 2 pairs of papillae (40%), with 3 papillae on one side and 2 papillae on the other side (30%), with one pair of papillae (20%), or with three pairs of papillae (10%). SW and GS values are 179 and 50, respectively. Females have a typical vulva pattern, which is different from that of closely related nematode species H. bacteriophora, H. mexicana, and H. indica. For infective juveniles, EP=109 (101–122) µ m, ES=135 (123–142) µ m, tail length=103 (91–113) µ m, and a=27.6 (25–32) are different from those of the above-mentioned three related nematodes. Phylogenetic analysis based on ITS regions show that the new species forms a clade with H. mexicana, H. baujardi and H. indica and differs from these species by several nucleotide autapomorphies.


2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.L. Plichta ◽  
S.A. Joyce ◽  
D. Clarke ◽  
N. Waterfield ◽  
S.P. Stock

AbstractA new entomopathogenic nematode species from Australia, Heterorhabditis gerrardi n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterorhabditidae) is described. Morphological and molecular studies together with cross-hybridization tests indicated that this nematode represents a new undescribed species, closely related to members in the ‘indica-group’. However, the new species can be distinguished from other species in this genus by a combination of several qualitative and quantitative morphological traits. Key diagnostic features include: body size and excretory pore position of the third-stage infective juveniles; male bursa with a reduction of bursal rays, usually affecting the terminal set of papillae, with symmetrical or asymmetrical loss of one or two pairs; vulva of hermaphrodites more anteriorly located than in other species in the indica-group (V% average: 43), with non-protruding or slightly protruding lips, and longer tail length (average: 106 μm). The new species can be further characterized by molecular traits of sequence data from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA. Additionally, the bacterial symbiont of this new species, Photorhabdus asymbiotica Kingscliff strain, was phenotypically characterized and compared with other P. asymbiotica strains. The Kingscliff strain revealed many characters not present in other strains of this species. We hypothesize that the newly found traits may contribute to the maintenance of this mutualistic association of the bacterium with its nematode host.


Nematology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 681-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerrit Karssen ◽  
Sergei Subbotin ◽  
Lieven Waeyenberge ◽  
Chau Nguyen ◽  
Maurice Moens ◽  
...  

AbstractRadopholus arabocoffeae sp. n., a new nematode pathogenic on Coffea arabica cv. Catimor, is described from Vietnam. Females of R. arabocoffeae sp. n. are characterised by the broad amphidial apertures with prominent margins. Males are characterised by the bursa extending to one third, rarely middle, of the tail. The new species belongs to the group of species with a long tail in the female. Radopholus arabocoffeae sp. n. is easily distinguished from R. similis by the bursa reaching to only one third of the tail vs extending to the tail terminus. Radopholus arabocoffeae sp. n. is differentiated from R. bridgei by the lateral field having three bands of equal width (vs middle one narrower than others), lateral field completely areolated over whole body vs not areolated except irregularly in neck and tail, hemizonid distinct vs indistinct, four lateral field incisures terminating far behind phasmid vs three incisures terminating at or just behind phasmid, lateral lines fusing at two thirds of tail vs fusing at one third of tail, longer spicule length (18-21 vs 15.5-18.0 μm), and male bursa usually extending to only one third of tail vs mid tail. Radopholus arabocoffeae sp. n. differs from R. colbrani by the rod-like vs round sperm, spicule length (18-21 vs 13-16 μm), tail length to stylet ratio (4.1-4.9 vs more than 5.1) and presence vs absence of a bursa. Radopholus arabocoffeae sp. n. differs from R. duriophilus by the rod-like vs kidney-shaped sperm. Males further differ from R. duriophilus by shorter stylet length (8.2-11.6 vs 11.5-15 μm), smaller distance between dorsal pharyngeal gland orifice and stylet base (1.7-3.4 vs 4-9.5 μm), shorter hyaline tail (2.6-3.4 vs 4-9.5 μm), and bursa extending to one third of tail vs mid-tail. Female R. arabocoffeae sp. n. differ from R. duriophilus by the broad amphidial aperture with prominent margin present vs absent. Males of R. arabocoffeae sp. n. differ from R. musicola by the rudimentary and amalgamated stylet base (vs with knobs), and inner lateral lines fusing at two thirds of the tail vs just posterior to the phasmid. The high level of ITS-rDNA sequence divergence of R. arabocoffeae sp. n. from other Radopholus spp. and the presence of nucleotide autapomorphies support a separate specific status of this new species. On carrot disks, the two species reproduced from 15-30°C; optimum reproduction occurring at 28°C. The reproductive capacity of R. duriophilus was higher than that of R. arabocoffeae sp. n. Radopholus duriophilus reproduced from single juveniles; R. arabocoffeae sp. n. did not. The correlation between initial densities of Pratylenchus coffeae, R. duriophilus and R. arabocoffeae sp. n. and the weight of C. arabica cv. Catimor fitted the Seinhorst model Y = ym for Pi ≥ T, and Y = ym ˙ m + ym(1–m)z(Pi–T). Coffea arabica cv. Catimor was very susceptible for to all three nematode species tested, but especially so to R. arabocoffeae sp. n. The reproductive capacity of R. arabocoffeae sp. n. on C. arabica cv. Catimor was higher than P. coffeae or R. duriophilus.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4353 (1) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
TATYANA V. NAUMOVA ◽  
VLADIMIR G. GAGARIN

Two new nematode species found in Lake Baikal (Russia) are described and illustrated. Tobrilus saprophagus sp. n. is morphologically close to T. bekmanae Tsalolikhin, 1975 and T. securus Gagarin & Naumova, 2011. The new species differs from T. bekmanae by the less slender tail (♂ cʹ = 2.9–3.9, ♀ cʹ = 3.5–6.8 vs ♂ cʹ = 6, ♀ cʹ = 9 in T. bekmanae), narrower labial region (24–30 µm vs 35–38 µm in T. bekmanae), shorter outer labial setae (10–12 µm vs 13–18 µm in T. bekmanae) and shorter stoma (25–32 µm vs 40–56 µm in T. bekmanae). T. saprophagus sp. n. differs from T. securus by the shorter and less slender tail (♂ c = 11.5–16.1, cʹ = 2.9–3.9, ♀ c = 8.8–13.1, cʹ = 3.5–6.8 vs ♂ c = 6.7–8.4, cʹ = 6.3–9.3, ♀ c = 7.1–8.4, cʹ = 6.6–7.7 in T. securus), longer outer labial setae (10–12 µm vs 6.5–9.0 µm in T. securus) and shorter spicules (45–48 µm vs 52–58 µm in T. securus). Epitobrilus interstitialis sp. n. is close to E. steineri (Micoletzky, 1925), but differs by the longer body (3.88–5.97 mm vs 2.14–3.35 mm), longer tail (250–335 µm vs 160–199 µm for males), longer outer labial setae (27–40 µm vs 22–25 µm) and longer spicules (73–78 µm vs 51–71 µm). Diagnostic morphological characters of males of valid species of the genus Epitobrilus Tsalolikhin, 1981 are given. Tobrilus (Epitobrilus) medius G. Schneider, 1916 (apud Tsalolikhin, 1980) is synonymized with the species Eutobrilus peregrinator Tsalolikhin, 1983.   


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4286 (3) ◽  
pp. 333 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANG NGOC NGUYEN ◽  
LUAN THANH NGUYEN ◽  
VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN ◽  
HOA THI PHAN ◽  
KE JIANG ◽  
...  

A new kukri snake, Oligodon culaochamensis sp. nov., is described from Cu Lao Cham Islands, central Vietnam, based on the morphology of six specimens, including two males, three females and one juvenile. The new species belongs to the O. cyclurus group and differs from other congeners in this group by a combination of the following characters: medium size in adults (total length up to 582 mm); 17–19 dorsal scale rows at neck and midbody and 15 or 17 rows before vent; tail length/total length ratio 0.218–0.219 in males and 0.166–0.169 in females; ventrals 167–169 in males and 179–182 in females; subcaudals 63–66 in males and 51–52 in females; head scalation complete with a presubocular; 9–10 maxillary teeth, the posterior three being enlarged; nasal divided; temporal streak absent; long and deeply forked hemipenes extending to 20th subcaudal and without spines and papillae but with prominent diagonal ridge, oblique flounces and distal calyces; cloacal plate undivided; 10–11+3–4 dorsal blotches; and a vertebral stripe on tail and anterior part of body. This is the second species of Oligodon described on islands of Vietnam. 


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