Taxonomy and morphology of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with turfgrasses in North and South Carolina, USA Author Zeng, Yongsan Author Ye, Weimin Author Tredway, Lane Author Martin, Samuel Author Martin, Matt text Zootaxa 2012 3452 1 46 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.210165 90f5f5d1-4ae3-4cc0-87b6-fb2ed5263ef5 1175-5326 210165 Dolichodorus heterocephalus ( Fig. 4 F–I) Measurements . See Table 7 . Remarks. Dolichodorus heterocephalus was described from specimens collected from fresh water at Silver Springs, Florida, and Douglas Lake, Michigan, by Cobb (1914) . It was reported from Massachusetts ( Paracer 1968 ) and New Jersey ( Hutchinson et al . 1961 ). It is also known from South Africa ( Heyns 1971 ) and Italy (D'Errico et al . 1977). Golden et al . (1986) designated a lectotype of D. heterocephalus and presented detailed morphometric data from its type locality and several other populations including ones from Sanford and Gainesville, Florida, and East Wareham, Massachusetts, which revealed some differences in morphometrics among populations. Perry (1953) reported that D. heterocephalus caused severe stunting accompanied by depleted root systems of celery and corn in Florida. In the current study, D. heterocephalus was only found in a bermudagrass tee in Beaufort County, SC. The morphological features did not differ from the original and other populations ( Cobb 1914 ; Orton Williams 1974b ). The morphometrics of the identified population matched the type population in Gainesville, Florida ( Golden et al . 1986 ), except for a slightly smaller range in body lengths for males and females, and a greater a value for females. This is the first record of D. heterocephalus from turfgrasses in SC.