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Butlerius butleri Goodey, 1929 (Rhabditida) from Iran with the phylogenetic position of the species

Shokoohi, Ebrahim; Fourie, Hendrika; Panahi, Hadi; Abolafia, Joaquín (Society of Nematologists, 2015)

A population of Butlerius butleri Goodey, 1929 was isolated from vermicompost in Kerman in the Kerman Province of Iran during a nematode survey that was conducted during 2014. This population of B. butleri is characterized ...

Gnathia masca sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Farquharson, Charon; Smit, Nico J.; Grutter, Alexandra S.; Davies, Angela J. (Magnolia Press, 2012)

Gnathia masca sp. nov. is described from material collected off Coconut Beach, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Aus-tralia. Males are characterised by a cephalosome with a shallow dorsal sulcus that stretches half its ...

Morphological and molecular characterisation of Criconemoides brevistylus Singh & Khera, 1976 and C. obtusicaudatus Heyns, 1962 from South Africa (Nematoda: Criconematidae) with first description of a male C. obtusicaudatus and proposal of new synonyms

Van den Berg, Esther; Tiedt, Louwrens R.; Subbotin, Sergei A. (Brill Academic Publishers, 2012)

During recent collections in South Africa, two species of Criconemoides were found. Criconemoides brevistylus is described and illustrated from a golf course in KwaZulu-Natal Province. It is compared with several closely ...

Morphological and molecular characterisation of some Hemicriconemoides species (Nematoda: Criconematidae) together with a phylogeny of the genus

Van den Berg, Esther; Tiedt, Louwrens R.; Inserra, Renato N.; Stanley, Jason D.; Vovlas, Nicola (Brill Academic Publishers, 2014)

Sheathoid nematodes of the genus Hemicriconemoides are migratory root-ectoparasites of many plants including various agricultural crops and fruit trees. They are generally found inhabiting warm areas of the world and ...

New isolate of Mononchoides composticola Steel, Moens, Scholaert, Boshoff, Houthoofd & Bert, 2011 (Nematoda: Neodiplogasteridae) from Iran

Shokoohi, Ebrahim; Seddiqi, Elahe; Panahi, Hadi; Abolafia, Joaquín (Magnolia Press, 2015)

Mononchoides composticola was isolated during a survey on free living nematodes from vermicompost in Iran. This population of M. composticola is characterised by a dorsal claw-like tooth; 7–9 μm long and 3–5 μm wide, 14–15 ...

Steinernema citrae n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa

Knoetze, Rinus; Malan, Antoinette; Nguyen, Khuong; Stokwe, Nomakholwa; Tiedt, Louwrens Rasmus (Brill Academic Publishers, 2011)

During a survey for entomopathogenic nematodes in citrus orchards throughout South Africa, a new species of Steinernema was isolated from a citrus orchard on Rietkloof farm, near the town of Piketberg in the Western Cape ...

Steinernema sacchari n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa

Nthenga, Isaiah; Knoetze, Rinus; Berry, Shaun; Tiedt, Louwrens R.; Malan, Antoinette P. (Brill Academic Publishers, 2014)

A new species of entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema sacchari n. sp., was isolated by trapping with the sugar cane borer, Eldana saccharina, from soil of a sugar cane field in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. ...