Enchodelus saxifragae Popovici, 1995

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 saxifragae Popovici, 1995

Enchodelus saxifragae Popovici, 1995 ; Popovici (1995 a) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8125535

Enchodelus saxifragae ; Guerrero et al. (2008 b) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.811185

Enchodelus saxifragae ; Ciobanu et al. (2010 a) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8111707

Enchodelus saxifragae ; Peña-Santiago et al. (2015): 147 [figure] BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10698092

Enchodelus saxifragae ; Peña-Santiago (2021 b): 211 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo. 11191923

Distribution

Enchodelus saxifragae is distributed in Western Palearctic, reported from different localities and habitats: Romania (type habitat: subalpine grassland on limestone, under Saxifraga moschata Wulf., 1950-2000 m a. s. l. - Popovici (1995 a), Popovici and Ciobanu (1997) / grasslands - Popovici (1998), Ciobanu and Popovici (2001) / cliff vegetation, subalpine meadow, 1450-2000 m a. s. l. - Ciobanu et al. (2010 a)) and Spain (hedgehog heath, psychroxerophilous pasture, pine forest with savin juniper, 1550-3350 m a. s. l. - Guerrero et al. (2008 b), Peña-Santiago et al. (2015)).

Taxon discussion

This species, originally described and later repeatedly recorded in Romania, is also known to occur in Spain. Ciobanu et al. (2010 a) re-examined its type material and noted the peculiar shape of the lateral guiding pieces, which was regarded as a relevant diagnostic feature. It is very close to E. groenlandicus , but it differs from this in lip region shape, degree of sclerotisations of the pars refringens vaginae and the presence of males. Peña-Santiago et al. (2015) provided its first molecular (18 S rDNA) study.