Hirschmanniella gracilis

Alvani, Somaye, Mahdikhani-Moghadam, Esmat, Rouhani, Hamid & Mohammadi, Abbas, 2016, A checklist of the family Pratylenchidae Thorne, 1949 from Iran, Zootaxa 4079 (2), pp. 179-204 : 183

2. H. gracilis (de Man 1880) Luc & Goodey 1964

Syn: Hirschmannia gracilis (de Man) Luc & Goodey 1962

Hirschmanniella gigas (Andrássy) Sher 1968

( Jahanshahi Afshar et al. 2006) 8♀: L = 1920 (1555–2100) µm; a = 63.2 (58.8–70); b = 13.2 (12.2–13.9); b' = 5.5 (5.1–6); St = 20.9 (20.5–22.5) µm; V = 54.3 (52–58.1)

5♂: L= 1810 (1575–1890) µm; a = 71 (57.9–75.6); b = 12.6 (12–13.2); b' = 5.5 (5.4–5.5); St = 20.4 (20–21) µm; Spicules = 41.5 (40–42) µm

Associated plants and localities. Salix aegyptiaca (Kerman) and water [sediment pond] (East Azerbaijan).

References. Aliramaji, F. et al., Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 2006, pers. com; Jahanshahi Afshar et al. 2006 [F]; Jabbari, H. et al., Tabriz University, Tabriz, 2010, pers. com.

Remarks. The Iranian population of H. gracilis (Jahanshahi Afshar et al. 2006) closely corresponds to the original description (Sher 1968). However in Iranian specimens the spicule and gubernaculum length is greater than in the original description (40–42 vs 31–37 and 10–14 vs 9–11 respectively).