FREE-LIVING NEMATODES OF HUNGARY (NEMATODA ERRANTIA)
Author
Andrássy, Istvan
text
Pedozoologica Hungarica
2009
2009-01-01
III
5
382
387
journal article
290882
10.5281/zenodo.10821935
829293f2-3aee-4368-a108-27248b836674
978-963508-574-3
1785-1025
10821935
Enchodehis macrodorus
(
de Man, 1880
) Thorne, 1939
(
Fig. 102
a-c)
Syn.
Dorylaimus
macrodorus
de Man, 1880
;
Dorylaimus
(Doryilium) macrodorus
de Man, 1880
(Ditlevsen, 1928);
Dorylaimellus
macrodorus
(
de Man, 1880
)
Thome & Swanger, 1936.
Females:
L = 1.4-1.8 mm; a = 22-30; b = 4.5-5.3; c = 62-85; c ’ = 0.5-0.7; V = 40-44%.
Male:
L - 1.5 mm; a = 28; b = 5; c = 67.
Description.
Body slightly ventrally curved. Cuticle finely striated, 3 gm thick on body, 10 gm thick on tail. Lips hardly separate, lip region 18-20 pm wide, markedly offset by depression. Odontostylc 38-43 gm, odontophore 43-46 gm long, the latter with broad flanges. Oesophagus 320-340 gm long, expanded at about 60% of its length. Prerectum 4-5 times as long as anal body diameter. Vulva transverse, with sclerotized lips. Eggs 90-92 x 32-38 gm. Supplements 12. Tail 18-24 gm long, hemispherical with strongly thickened cuticle.
Main characters.
Characterized by the comparatively long body, long odontostyle and the anterior position of the vulva.
Habitat and
distribution.
Enchodelus
macrodorus
is the most abundant species of the genus. It is frequent in terrestrial habitats, especially in mosses, rarely also in wet biotopes. It is distributed in Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, Spitsbergen, Sweden, Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Russia), Asia (Georgia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan) and North America (United States).
In Hungary.
Widespread in soil and mosses.
References:
Andrassy, 1952, 1955 b,
1958
b, 1972 a, 1978 a, 1990 a, 1996; Soós, 1938 a,'1940 c.
Etymology.
The species epithet is Greek:
makros
(paKpop)
= long, and
dorus
or
dory
(δόρυ)
= a lance or spear.