A new genus and two new species of nematodes (Nematoda: Thelastomatoidea) from Ceracupes fronticornis (Westwood) (Insecta: Passalidae) in China
Author
Zhang, Ningning
Author
Yin, Shi
Author
Zhang, Luping
text
Zoological Systematics
2022
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http://zoobank.org/d0cbfcdd-9b13-4dae-937e-0db625b297bb
journal article
10.11865/zs.2022202
2095-6827
D0CBFCDD-9B13-4DAE-937E-0DB625B297BB
Genus
Paralepidonema
gen. nov.
Description. Female. Cervical cuticle with alternate rows of scale-like projections, first row with 20 elements. Head smaller and disk-shaped, bearing eight oval papillae arranged in 4 pairs and a pair of amphids. First cephalic annule larger than head. Oral opening nearly triangular, surrounded by a cuticular flap. Oesophageal procorpus subcylindrical. Vulva near midbody. Didelphic-amphidelphic. Tail attenuate. Male unknown.
Figure 3.
Paralepidonema baoshanensis
gen.
&
sp. nov.
, female. A. Whole worm, lateral view; B. Anterior part of body, lateral view; C. Posterior end of body, lateral view; D. Egg; E. Cephalic extremity, en face view. Scale bars: A–B= 100 μm; C–E =50 μm.
Type
species.
Paralepidonema baoshanensis
sp. nov.
Distribution.
China
.
Etymology. The genus name refers to the close resemblance between this genus and
Lepidonema
Cobb, 1898
.