Enchodelus laevis Thorne, 1939

Elshishka, Milka, Mladenov, Aleksandar, Altash, Stela, Álvarez-Ortega, Sergio, Peña-Santiago, Reyes & Peneva, Vlada, 2024, Cyber catalogue and revision of the nematode genus Enchodelus (Dorylaimida, Nordiidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 126315-e 126315 : e126315-

Enchodelus laevis Thorne, 1939

Enchodelus (Rotundus) laevis Thorne, 1939 ( Ahmad & Jairajpuri, 1980); Ahmad and Jairajpuri (1980) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8144936

Enchodelus knuppenburgensis Altherr in Altherr & Delamare-Deboutteville, 1972; Altherr and Delamare-Deboutteville (1972) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10723432

Enchodelus knuppenburgensis ; Eliava and Eliashvily (1990): 59 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11003031

Enchodelus laevis Thorne, 1939 ; Thorne (1939) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11003143

Enchodelus laevis ; Eliava and Eliashvily (1990): 59, 99 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11003031

Enchodelus laevis ; Brzeski (1992) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8122483

Enchodelus laevis ; Peña-Santiago (2021 b): 207 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11194193

Distribution

Originally recovered from Nearctic: USA (type habitat: fresh water stream bank - Thorne (1939) / Altherr and Delamare-Deboutteville (1972)); subsequently, this species is also recorded in Eastern Palearctic: Korea (moss - Brzeski (1992)).

Taxon discussion

This species was briefly described from the USA by Thorne (1939) on the basis of one female specimen. After that, Altherr, in Altherr and Delamare-Deboutteville (1972), studied one male from the USA too that was described as E. knuppenburgensis , very close to E. laevis in its general morphology. Thus, Altherr suggested that his male might be conspecific with the E. laevis female. Brzeski (1992) described five females and one male specimens of E. laevis from Korea and regarded both species as identical.