Paraenchodelus Ahmad and Jairajpuri, 1980

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 : 186-188

Subgenus Paraenchodelus Ahmad and Jairajpuri, 1980 ( Fig. 63 , A-D)

Diagnosis: Body length 1.2- 2.8 mm. Lip region slightly or distinctly setoff by depression. Odontophore rod-like, basal flanges absent or very poorly developed. Males with four-nine ventromedian supplements, regularly or irregularly spaced, beginning well above spicular range. Tail short-conoid or elongate-conoid, straight or ventrally arcuate; similar in sexes.

Type species: Enchodelus (Paraenchodelus) constrictus Jairajpuri and Loof, 1968

Other species:

E. (P.) arcuatus Thorne, 1939

E. (P.) brevidenlatus Thorne, 1939

E. (P.) conicaudatus ( Ditlevsen, 1927) Thorne, 1939

Syn.: Dorylaímus conicaudatus Ditlevsen, 1927

Dorylaimellus conicaudatus (Ditlevsen. 1927) Thorne and Swanger, 1936

E. (P.) coomansi Nicholas and Stewart, 1985

E. (P.) faeroensis (Ditlevsen, 1928) Thorne, 1939

Syn.: Dorylaimus faeroensis Ditlevsen, 1928

Dorylaimellus faeroensis (Ditlevsen, 1928) Thorne and Swanger, 1936

E. (P.) irregularis Altherr, 1972

E. (P.) longidens Jairajpuri and Loof, 1968

E. (P.) rhaeticus Altherr, 1952 E. (P.) satendri Baqri and Jairajpuri, 1968 E. (P.) southeyi Jairajpuri and Ahmad, 1986 E. (P.) striatus Thorne, 1936 E. (P.) thornei Baqri and Jairajpuri, 1974 E. (P.) vestibulifer Altherr, 1952 E. (P.) zonatus Jairajpuri and Loof, 1968

Figures

Fig. 63: A to D - Enchodelus (Paraenchodelus) constrictus; E to G - Enchodelus (Heterodorus) magnificus; H to K Enchodelus (Nepalus) nepalensis (A to D after Ahmad and Jairajpuri, 1980; E to G after Altherr, 1952; H to K after Zullini, 1973).