Review of Admirandus Belogurov & Belogurova, 1979 (Nematoda, Oncholaimidae) with the description of a new species and the first record of the genus from Brazil
Author
Cavalcanti, Mariana Da Fonseca
Author
Guilherme, Betânia C.
0000-0001-5459-2222
betaguilherme2@gmail.com
Author
Rosa-Filho, José Souto
0000-0002-5496-7706
souto.rosa@ufpe.br
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-02-16
5244
1
71
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.6
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Admirandus capibaribei
sp. n.
(
Figures 1–4
,
Table 1
)
Material studied.
Holotype
: male (slide
MOUFPE
.NEM-1)
Paratypes
:
2 paratype males
(
one male
in slide
MOUFPE
.NEM-7 and
one male
in slide
MOUFPE
.NEM-8) and
6 paratype females
(
one female
in slide
MOUFPE
.NEM-2,
one female
in slide
MOUFPE
.NEM-3,
two females
in slide
MOUFPE
.NEM-4,
one female
in slide
MOUFPE
.NEM-5 and
one female
in slide
MOUFPE
.NEM-6). The specimen in the slide
MOUFPE
.NEM-2 is the female
paratype
represented in the images (
Figures 2
and
4
)
.
Etymology:
The species epithet is related to the sampling location, i.e., the estuary of the Capibaribe River. The name Capibaribe originates from the Tupi language and means “in the water of the capybara or ‘wild pigs’”, through the junction of the terms from the Tupi language
kapibara
(capybara),
y
(water) and
pe
(in).
Description
Males
(
Figures 1
and
3
): Body cylindrical, tapering slightly anteriorly to a conical-cylindrical tail. Cuticle smooth. Six small inner labial papillae, six outer labial, and four cephalic setae. Horseshoe-shaped marginal lamellae (in lateral view) at level of cephalic setae. Stoma rectangular in shape, length to width ratio 2.4–2.8. Three onchia in buccal cavity: largest right, subventral, with a row of denticules, dorsal and left ventrosublateral onchia smaller and equal in size. Amphidial fovea pocket-like with slit-like aperture 3.0–3.5 times body diameter. Pharynx cylindrical, surrounding buccal cavity anteriorly, wider at base, but not forming bulb. Nerve ring covering approximately 50% of pharyngeal length. Cardia large, triangular in shape. Secretory-excretory pore opening anterior to nerve ring, with ventral gland located posterior to cardia. Reproductive system diorchic, with opposed and extended testes, at right side of intestine. Spicules short, slightly curved, arc length 0.9–1.1 of anal body diameter. Gubernaculum without apophysis. Cloaca surrounded by circle of short setae. Tail 2.6–3.3 diameter of anal body, conical-cylindrical in shape, with cylindrical part ratio of 1.3–1.5. One pair of setae mid-tail and second pair at tail extremity. Three caudal glands in pre-cloacal region with openings in the spinneret.
Females
(
Figures 2
and
4
): Females similar to males in general, differing only in some aspects (
b
and
c
ratios) and sexual dimorphism of tail. Amphidial fovea pocket-like with slit aperture 3.8–4.3 times diameter of body. Ovaries paired, reflected antidromously, left of intestine, with egg. Vulva in the 43–53% total body length. Demanian system of
Adoncholaimus
type
with
osmosium
,
ductus uterinus
,
ductus entericus
, uvette, main duct, interstitial channel and three terminal pores in the tail region. Tail 3.8 anal body diameter, conical-cylindrical in shape, attenuated transition between conical and cylindrical parts. Single terminal setae and spinneret.
Diagnosis of
Admirandus capibaribei
sp. n.
Demanian system of the
Adoncholaimus
type
with
osmosium
,
ductus uterinus
,
ductus entericus
, uvette, main duct, interstitial channel and three terminal pores in caudal region. Presence of denticles at level of dorsal tooth. Spicules short (0.9–1.1 of anal body diameter). Tail conical-cylindrical with terminal setae. Tail sexually dimorphic.
Remarks
. Lo Russo
et al
. (2016) described
Admirandus sanjuliensis
as having one pre-cloacal terminal copulatory pore and two post-cloacal pores, although the principal trait that distinguishes
Admirandus
from
Adoncholaimus
is the position of these pores. In this case,
sanjuliensis
does not align with
Admirandus
, and based on the evidence, should be considered to be a
species inquirenda
.
While specimens identified as
Adoncholaimus
have been recorded from
Brazil
, there is no previous record of
Admirandus
from this country (
Venekey
et al
. 2010
;
Fonseca & Fehlauer-Ale 2012
;
Pinto
et al
. 2013
;
Venekey 2017
). Given this, the description of
Admirandus capibaribei
sp. n.
represents the first record of the genus in
Brazil
.