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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,291,1661,1687]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="231">Loffienema</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Shah, A. A. &amp; Allie, K. A. &amp; Vaid, S. &amp; Handoo, Z. A." box="[298,717,1662,1688]" pageId="0" pageNumber="231" pagination="189 - 194" refId="ref5822" refString="Shah, A. A., Allie, K. A., Vaid, S. &amp; Handoo, Z. A. (2018) Description of Loffienema dhanoriensis gen. n., sp. n. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) from Jammu and Kashmir State, India. Zootaxa, 4402 (1), 189 - 194. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4402.1.11" type="journal article" year="2018">Shah, Allie, Vaid &amp; Handoo, 2018</bibRefCitation>
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Genus characterized by having tubular stoma with poorly developed valvular apparatus, pharynx with swollen metacorpus, female reproductive system didelphic-amphidelphic, female tail conoid-elongate, male tail leptoderan with anteriorly open bursa with reduced velum having spaced bursal papillae, appearing one genital papillae very anterior to bursa (1+3/2+2+2), and spicules with rounded manubrium, very narrow calamus and fusiform lamina. This morphology agrees perfectly with the members of the genus
<taxonomicName authority="Leisering, 1865" authorityName="Leisering" authorityYear="1865" box="[875,1213,1878,1905]" class="Chromadorea" family="Metastrongylidae" genus="Haematozoon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="0" pageNumber="231" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[875,1031,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="231">Haematozoon</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Leisering, A. G. T." box="[1036,1213,1878,1905]" pageId="0" pageNumber="231" pagination="111 - 126" refId="ref5453" refString="Leisering, A. G. T. (1865) Ueber Hamatozoen der Haussaugethiere. Archiv fur pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und klinische Medizin, 33, 111 - 126. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02134950" type="journal article" year="1865">Leisering, 1865</bibRefCitation>
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, which was restored by
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, especially with
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<emphasis box="[559,712,1914,1940]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="231">H. subulatum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Leisering, A. G. T." box="[728,908,1914,1941]" pageId="0" pageNumber="231" pagination="111 - 126" refId="ref5453" refString="Leisering, A. G. T. (1865) Ueber Hamatozoen der Haussaugethiere. Archiv fur pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und klinische Medizin, 33, 111 - 126. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02134950" type="journal article" year="1865">Leisering, 1865</bibRefCitation>
)
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described by
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as
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<emphasis box="[151,258,1950,1976]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="231">Rhabditis</emphasis>
(
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)
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, its junior synonym.
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The authors that propose the creation of the
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<emphasis box="[690,816,1986,2012]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="231">Loffienema</emphasis>
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genera did not compare their species with the members of the genus
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, which agrees perfectly, having identical stoma, spicules, bursa and genital papillae arrangement, its main diagnostic characters. These authors drawn spicules with heart-like manubrium but this character is no visible in the light microscopy pictures provided by them, being clearly rounded (Fig. 2H in
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Shah
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, 2018
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), Thus,
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<emphasis box="[343,469,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">Loffienema</emphasis>
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is proposed as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis box="[875,1031,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">Haematozoon</emphasis>
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.
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The only species described,
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<emphasis box="[513,687,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">L. dhanoriensis</emphasis>
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, is very similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">Haematozoon subulatum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Leisering, A. G. T." box="[277,456,330,357]" pageId="1" pageNumber="232" pagination="111 - 126" refId="ref5453" refString="Leisering, A. G. T. (1865) Ueber Hamatozoen der Haussaugethiere. Archiv fur pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und klinische Medizin, 33, 111 - 126. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02134950" type="journal article" year="1865">Leisering, 1865</bibRefCitation>
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described as
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<emphasis box="[615,877,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">Rhabditis inermiformis</emphasis>
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by
<bibRefCitation author="Osche, G." box="[923,1078,330,357]" pageId="1" pageNumber="232" pagination="190 - 280" refId="ref5686" refString="Osche, G. (1952) Systematik und Phylogenie der Gattung Rhabditis (Nematoda). Zoologische Jahrbucher (Systematik), 81, 190 - 280." type="journal article" year="1952">Osche (1952)</bibRefCitation>
and as
<taxonomicName authorityName="Marinari-Palmisano" authorityYear="1967" box="[1170,1399,331,357]" class="Secernentea" family="Rhabditidae" genus="Rhabditoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="1" pageNumber="232" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="zocchi">
<emphasis box="[1170,1399,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">Rhabditoides zocchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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, both their junior synonyms. However, its body size is smaller (784841 µm in females and 773792 µm in males
<emphasis box="[459,482,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">vs</emphasis>
15002000 µm in
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females and 12001500 µm in
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males of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">Haematozoon subulatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 11962000 µm in females and 1265-1530 µm in males of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Osche" authorityYear="1952" box="[924,1100,439,465]" class="Secernentea" family="Rhabditidae" genus="Rhabditis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="1" pageNumber="232" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="inermiformis">
<emphasis box="[924,1100,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">R. inermiformis</emphasis>
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, and 9371234 µm in females and 8191089 µm in males of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Marinari Palmisano" authorityYear="1967" box="[510,610,475,501]" class="Secernentea" family="Rhabditidae" genus="Rhabditoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="1" pageNumber="232" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="zochii">
<emphasis box="[510,610,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">R. zochii</emphasis>
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), shorter and wider stomatal tube (3.6 longer than wide
<emphasis box="[1267,1290,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">vs</emphasis>
6.6 times in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Osche" authorityYear="1952" box="[151,330,511,537]" class="Secernentea" family="Rhabditidae" genus="Rhabditis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="1" pageNumber="232" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="inermiformis">
<emphasis box="[151,330,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">R. inermiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 8.5 times in
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<emphasis box="[538,640,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">R. zochii</emphasis>
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, unfortunately, this character was not illustrated in detail in the
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population), and shorter spicules (4647 µm
<emphasis box="[662,685,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">vs</emphasis>
6069 µm in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Osche" authorityYear="1952" box="[848,1025,547,573]" class="Secernentea" family="Rhabditidae" genus="Rhabditis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="1" pageNumber="232" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="inermiformis">
<emphasis box="[848,1025,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">R. inermiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 5561 µm in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Marinari Palmisano" authorityYear="1967" box="[1236,1335,547,573]" class="Secernentea" family="Rhabditidae" genus="Rhabditoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="1" pageNumber="232" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="zochii">
<emphasis box="[1236,1335,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">R. zochii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). On the other hand, with respect to the second species of the genus,
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<emphasis box="[817,1046,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">Haematozoon giardi</emphasis>
(
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)
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">L. dhanoriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also maintains smaller morphometry (13442030 µm in females, 10001573 µm in males, stomatal tube 8.8 times longer than wide, and spicules 5257 µm). Although,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shah, Allie, Vaid &amp; Handoo" authorityYear="2018" box="[938,1114,655,681]" class="Chromadorea" family="Rhabditidae" genus="Loffienema" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="1" pageNumber="232" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="dhanoriensis">
<emphasis box="[938,1114,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">L. dhanoriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be synonymized with some of these species, its smaller size makes it slightly different. Thus, the species is transferred to the genus
<taxonomicName authorityName="Leisering" authorityYear="1865" box="[151,307,727,752]" class="Chromadorea" family="Metastrongylidae" genus="Haematozoon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="1" pageNumber="232" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[151,307,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="232">Haematozoon</emphasis>
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as
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