Enchodelus brasiliensis Meyl, 1957

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 brasiliensis Meyl, 1957

Enchodelus brasiliensis Meyl, 1957 ; Meyl (1957) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10997965

Enchodelus brasiliensis ; Eliava and Eliashvily (1990): 53, 97 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11003031

Enchodelus brasiliensis ; Peña-Santiago (2021 b): 206 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo. 11191887

Distribution

This is the only member of genus Enchodelus of Neotropical nematode fauna: Brazil (type habitat: wet sand - Meyl (1957)).

Taxon discussion

This species is the only representative of genus recorded from the Southern Hemisphere ( Brazil), an interesting biogeographical singularity. Originally described on the basis of one female and three male specimens, Andrássy (1971) transferred it to Rhyssocolpus , but it better fits the Enchodelus diagnosis (very slender odontostyle, odontophore with flange-like extensions, short pharyngeal bulb, convex conoid tail).