An outline on distribution and hosts of the cystoid nematodes of Ataloderinae Wouts, 1973 and Meloidoderinae Golden, 1971
Author
Ghaderi, Reza
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-04
4664
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journal article
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Rhizonemella
(Cid del
Prado Vera, Lownsbery & Maggenti, 1983
)
Andrássy, 2007
Because the name of
Rhizonema
Clark, 1877
was already existed in Coelomata,
Andrássy (2007)
used the name of
Rhizonemella
for this nematode. The only valid representative of this genus,
R. sequoiae
, was described from coastal redwood (
Sequoia sempervirens
(Lamb. Ex D. Don) Endl.
,
Cupressaceae
) in Lagunitas Lake, Marin County, CA,
USA
(Cid del
Prado Vera
et al.
1983
). These authors reported that at the same location mature females were also found in smaller numbers on tanbark oak (
Lithocarpus densiflorus
(Hook. & Arn.) Reh.
,
Fagaceae
),
California
bay (
Umbellularia californica
(Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
,
Lauraceae
), and madrone (
Arbutus menziesii
Pursh
,
Ericaceae
). Specimens of
R. sequoiae
were collected from the
type
host and locality and used for morphological and biological studies (Cid del
Prado Vera & Lownsbery 1984
, Cid del Prado Vera
et al.
,1984,
Cliff & Baldwin 1985
, Othman & Baldwin 1986). Development to maturity was documented in species of
Libocedrus
and
Sequoiadendron
(Cupressaceae)
,
Pseudotsuga
(Pinaceae)
,
Acer
(Sapindaceae)
and
Alnus
(Betulaceae)
(Cid del
Prado Vera & Lownsbery 1984
).
Subbotin
et al.
(2017)
pointed out that more species appear to exist in the
USA
than elsewhere, and their molecular analysis revealed a putative new species,
Rhizonemella
sp. A, parasitizing an unknown tree located a few hundred metres from the
type
locality. Furthermore, two additional putative new species of
Rhizonemella
(sp. B and sp. C) were also present in northern
California
(
Subbotin
et al.
2017
).