Kochinema, HEYNS, 1963

Jairajpuri, M. Shamim & Ahmad, Wasim, 1992, GENUS PUNGENTUS THORNE AND SWANGER, 1936, DORYLAIMIDA Free-living, Predaceous and Plant-parasitic Nematodes, E. J. Brill, pp. 176-207 : 188

GENUS KOCHINEMA HEYNS, 1963 ( Fig. 6 4, A-F)

Diagnosis: Small- to medium-sized nematodes. Lip region expanded but not discoid. Amphids labial in position, with stirrup-shaped fovea and slitlike aperture. Odontostyle long, slender, with short aperture. Guiding ring ' double' Odontophore rod-like, well developed. Expanded part of oesophagus about one-half oesophageal length, anterior slender part muscular. Vulva transverse. Female reproductive system amphidelphic. Spicules typical dorylaimoid; lateral guiding pieces present and ventromedian supplements few, spaced. Tail short-conoid; similar in sexes.

Type species: Kochinema proamphidum l-leyns, 1963.

Other species:

K. crassatum Argo and van den Berg, 1971

K. longum Argo and van den Berg, 1971

K. seculum Siddiqi, 1966

K. tenue Argo and van den Berg, 1971

Figures

Fig. 61: A to C - Pungemus silvestris; D to H - P. pungens after (A to C - Goodey, 1963; D to H - after Thorne and Swanger, 1936))..