Chordodes butensis Sciacchitano, 1937

Zanca, Fernanda, Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas, Villalobos, Cristina De & Achiorno, Cecilia, 2006, Revision of the genus Chordodes (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) from Africa. II. Ultrastructural redescription of C. africanus Sciacchitano, 1933, C. hawkeri Camerano 1902; C. sandoensis, Sciacchitano 1937; C. schoutedeni, Sciacchitano 1933 and reinterpretation of Chordodes butensis Sciacchitano, 1937, Zootaxa 1191 (1191), pp. 49-59 : 51

[ Chordodes butensis Sciacchitano, 1937 ]

( Figure 1E)

1937. Chordodes butensis Sciacchitano. Rev. Zool Bot. Afr. 30: 145.

Holotype: 1male (AMT 1429)

Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta

Material examined: Holotype SEM midbody

Comments: In the original description, Sciacchitano (1937) described the cuticle of C. butensis with four areolar types; none of these areolar types are corresponding with crowned areoles which are the characteristic areoles of the genus Chordodes . In 1958, Sciacchitano widens the description of the cuticle giving 4 areolar types among which he describes areoles with short filaments (crowned areoles). A reinvestigation by SEM of the holotype ( Fig. 1E) revealed only three areolar types are present, which resemble the ones in C. africanus . We therefore regard C. butensis as a synonym of C. africanus .