Dorylaimoides (Longidorylaimoides) akon Goseco Ferris & Ferris, 1976

Bohra, Padma, 2012, Twelve species of nematodes: new records for India, Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (9), pp. 2889-2899 : 2897

Dorylaimoides (Longidorylaimoides) akon Goseco Ferris & Ferris, 1976

( Fig. 3 , E–F and Image 12, A–C)

Material examined: One female, one male, 29.ix.2009, coll. P. Kadela, Reg. No. 2334.

Measurements: Female: L = 1.36 mm; a = 34.05; b = 6.8; c = 12.16; c´ = 7.4; V = 44; Male: L = 1.28mm; a = 40.25; b = 5.8; c = 19.8; c´ = 3.10, T = 63–65.

Description: Female: Body cylindroids, ventrally arcuate upon fixation. Lip region slightly off set, outer liplets and papillae distinct. Odontostyle 12µm long; ventral arm 4µm long. Odontophore 13µm long, arcuate. Oesophageal bulb cylindroids which occupies 50% of oesophageal length. Vulva transverse, ovaries paired. Prerectum distinct. Rectum 20µm long or one anal body diameter. Tail 112µm long, elongate conoid or 7.4 anal body width, terminus dorsally bent. Male: Spicules 40µm long. Lateral guiding pieces present. Series of 5–8 ventromedian supplements plus adanal pair. Tail elongate conoid 3.10 anal body-width long.

Habitat and locality: Collected from moist soil around the bank of Fatehsagar Lake, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India.

Remarks: Measurements fit well within the range given by Goseco, Ferris & Ferris, 1976.

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Figure 3. Paralongidorus rex (Andrássy, 1986) Hunt,1993