Description of Quercorhabditis rajouriensis gen. n., sp. n. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae)
Author
Shah, Ali Asghar
Author
Hussain, Abid
Author
Vaid, Shavish
text
Zootaxa
2013
3630
2
385
390
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.13
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Quercorhabditis
gen. n.
Diagnosis.
Body small, less than
0.6 mm
. Cuticle finely annulated and punctated. Labial region prominent, symmetrical, set off by a constriction, wider than adjoining body. Lips six, separate, each with a small papilla. Amphidial apertures indistinct. Stoma long, tubular, sometimes widening anteriorly; heavily sclerotized cheilostom with arched rhabdions, almost indistinguishable stegostom, Pharyngeal collar covering about 37–41 % of stoma. Pharyngeal corpus muscular, swollen to form median bulb. Female reproductive system amphidelphic, vulva postmedian. Spicules large, almost straight, with a free dorsal arm. Gubernaculum somewhat boat-shaped, more than half the length of spicules. Bursa leptoderan, open. Ten pairs of bursal papillae. Tail of females long, conoid.