Three new genera and new species of hystrignathid nematodes (Nematoda: Thelastomatoidea) from passalid beetles (Insecta: Passalidae) from Yunnan Province, China with phylogenetic analysis of Hystrignathidae
Author
Zhang, Ningning
Author
Yin, Shi
Author
Carreno, Ramon A.
Author
Zhang, Luping
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-23
5071
2
206
222
journal article
3292
10.11646/zootaxa.5071.2.2
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1175-5326
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Parakongonema
gen. n.
Diagnosis
: Female body robust. Cervical cuticle unarmed, strongly annulated. Lateral alae present. Head well developed, bearing eight rounded papillae. Amphids pore-like, laterally situated. Oral opening triangular, surrounded by cuticular ring. Ring surrounded by cuticular flap. First cephalic annule slightly inflated, about two head-lengths long. Oesophagus consisting of a muscular, sub-cylindrical procorpus, very short isthmus, and spherical basal bulb with valve plate well developed. Intestine simple, sub-rectilinear, anterior portion slightly dilated. Vulva located near mid-body, with lips slightly salient. Vagina muscular, anteriorly directed. Didelphicamphidelphic. Eggs ovoid, ornamented with rough longitudinal ridges on shell. Tail short, sharply attenuate, and filiform. Male unknown.
Type
species
:
Parakongonema sinica
gen. n. et sp. n.
Distribution
:
China
.
Etymology
:
The genus name refers to the close resemblance between this genus and
Kongonema
.