Two new species of amphibian nematodes from Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India.
Author
Rizvi, Anjum Nasreen
text
Zootaxa
2009
2013
58
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185867
e648f5e0-fb90-40bd-af63-cf0493ab6140
1175-5326
185867
Key to the species of
Cosmocercoides
Key to the 18 species of
Cosmocercoides
is being provided for the first time.
1 Lateral alae present ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
- Lateral alae absent ...................................................................................................................................................... 13
2 Somatic papillae present ............................................................................................................................................... 3
- Somatic papillae absent ............................................................................................................................................... 7
3 Esophagus with 1 or 2 prebulbar swelling.................................................................................................................... 4
- Esophagus lacking prebulbar swelling ......................................................................................................................... 5
4 Esophagus with one prebulbar swelling .............................................................................................
C. multipapillata
- Esophagus with two prebulbar swelling ...............................................................................................
C.nainitalensis
5 Male
with median papillae..............................................................................................................................
C.tridens
- Male lacking median papillae ....................................................................................................................................... 6
6 Male
with both rosette and simple papillae .....................................................................................................
C.rickae
- Male lacking simple papillae ........................................................................................................................
C.kumaoni
7 Male
with 2 equal spicules............................................................................................................................................ 8
- Male with unequal spicules.....................................................................................................................
C.barodensis
8 Male
less than
2 mm
in length .................................................................................................................
C.lanceolatus
- Male more than
2 mm
in length................................................................................................................................... 9
9 Median papilla present...............................................................................................................................
C.variabilis
- Median papilla absent ................................................................................................................................................. 10
10 Gubernaculum present ................................................................................................................................................ 11
- Gubernaculum absent ...............................................................................................................................
C.microhylae
11 Esophagus with prebulbar swelling ................................................................................................................
C.bufonis
-
Esophagus without prebulbar swelling…………………………………….. ............................................................ 12
12 Gubernaculum less than 50um.................................................................................................................
C.oligodentis
- Gubernaculum more than 50 um ......................................................................................................................
C. ranae
13 Male
with somatic papillae ...................................................................................................
C.karnatakaensis
sp.nov.
- Male lacking somatic papillae .................................................................................................................................... 14
14 Male
with both rosette and simple papillae ................................................................................................................ 15
- Male lacking simple papillae ...................................................................................................................................... 17
15 Male
with gubernaculum ............................................................................................................................................ 16
- Male lacking gubernaculum
.................................................................................................................................
C.lilloi
16 Male
with many simple preanal papillae
........................................................................................................
C.pulcher
- Male lacking simple preanal papillae
.........................................................................................................
C.tibetanum
17 Male
with equal spicules
....................................................................................................................................
C.dukae
- Male with unequal spicules
.............................................................................................................................
C.fotedari