Nematomorpha from the Philippines, with description of two new species
Author
Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas
Author
Schwarz, Christian J.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4158
2
246
260
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4158.2.6
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Acutogordius
sp.
(
Fig. 6
)
Two further specimens belong to
Acutogordius
, but their preservation is not good enough to allow a specific identification.
Acutogordius
sp. (specimen 1). Locality:
Palawan
,
Salakot Falls
, from the abdomen of a large green bush cricket
;
collected by
P. Zwick
on
March 23/24
, 1996.
Deposited
in the Zoological Museum
Hamburg
, accession number
V13372
.
One
male, length
360 mm
, diameter 1.2 mm.
Medium
brown with dark collar.
The
cuticle is smooth.
The
posterior end is strongly compressed laterally and therefore many details cannot be observed reliably.
In
the compressed state the postcloacal crescent appears strongly angled (
Fig. 6
A).
Small
spines are present, but their exact distribution cannot be documented.
FIGURE 6.
Acutogordius
sp. A. Specimen (1), posterior end with strongly compressed postcloacal crescent (pcc). B. Posterior end of specimen (2). C. Cuticular fine structure of specimen (2).
Acutogordius
sp. (specimen 2). Locality: Northwest Panay Peninsula, trail to
Sibaliw Research Station
, Barangay Bulanao, Libertad,
Antique
,
Panay Island
,
Philippines
; dry riverbed
;
collected by
A. Fernandez
on
February 5, 2012
.
Deposited
in the Zoological Museum
Hamburg
, accession number
V13373
.
One
male, length
200 mm
, diameter 1.0 mm.
Medium
brown with dark collar.
The
cuticle has no areoles, but is covered with irregularly shaped structures of unknown nature (
Fig. 6
C).
Such
a pattern is unknown from other nematomorphs.
The
posterior end is strongly covered with dirt and reliable features could not be observed (
Fig. 6
B).