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Enchodelus macrodurus Thorne 1939

  • 1. Section of Nematology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim Unioersity, Aligarh — 202002 India
  • 2. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodioersity and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan Unioersity, Shanghai, China

Description

Enchodelus macrodurus (De Man, 1880) Thorne, 1939

Measurements:

Females (n = 15): L = 1.38 — 1.54 (1.46) mm; a = 21 — 26 (24); b = 4.0 — 4.9 (4.4); c = 57 — 73 (63); cÕ = 0.5 — 0.7 (0.6); V = 41 — 43 (42); G1 = 13 — 15; G2 =14 — 15; lip region width = 17 — 19 (18) m; lip region height = 6 — 7 (7) m; amphidial aperture = 9 — 12 (10) m; odontostyle = 42 — 47 (45) m; odontophore = 42 — 48 (45) m; guiding ring = 27 — 33 (29) m; neck length = 304 — 361 (331) m; expanded part of pharynx = 116 — 144 (130) m; cardia = 9 — 13 (10) m long; prerectum = 114 — 222 (152) m; rectum = 30 — 36 (34) m; ovary = 55 — 133 (78) m; oviduct = 78 — 117 (98) m; uterus = 80 — 113 (94) m; tail = 20 — 29 (24) m; ABD = 38 — 43 (41) m.

Location of pharyngeal gland nuclei and their orifices: D = 65 —66; AS1 = 17 — 20; AS2 = 25 — 30; PS1 = 56 — 58; PS2 = 56 ­ 58

Habitat and locality: Soil from grassland and shrubs from Banbiyan of Shengnonjia mountains, Hubei Province, P. R. China

Remarks: Thorne (1939) designated E. macrodorus as the type species of his newly proposed genus Enchodelus because of its widespread distribution in Europe and in USA. Jairajpuri and Loof (1968) reported a single specimen from Srinagar, India with a comparatively anterior location of vulva (V = 37 vs 41 — 46 in European specimens). Ahmad and Jairajpuri (1980) provided a detailed description of the species based on fifteen females collected from high altitudes in India. In these specimens the vulva position was same as those of European populations. The Chinese population agrees fairly well with the European as well as Indian populations.

Notes

Published as part of W. Ahmad, Wu, J. & Shaheen, A., 2001, Studies on the genus Enchodelus Thorne, 1939 (Dorylaimida: Nordiidae) from China, pp. 83-90 in Journal of Nematode Morphology and Systematics 4 (2) on page 88, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10683113

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thorne
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Nematoda
Order
Dorylaimida
Family
Nordiidae
Genus
Enchodelus
Species
macrodurus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Enchodelus macrodurus Thorne, 1939 sec. Ahmad, Wu & Shaheen, 2001

References

  • DE MAN, J. G. 1880. Die Einheimischen, frei in der reinen Erde Ÿnd im sussen Wasser lebende Nematoden. Vorlaufiger Bericht Ÿnd descriptive systematischer Tijdschrift Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging, 5: 1 - 104
  • THORNE, G. 1939. A monograph of the nematodes of the Superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Capita Zoologica, 8: 1 - 261
  • JAIRAJPURI, M. S. & LOOF, P. A. A. 1968. On some species of Enchodelus from India (Nematoda: Dorylaimidae). Nematologica, 13 (1967): 501 - 508
  • AHMAD, M & JAIRAJPURI, M. S. 1980. A review of the genus Enchodelus Thorne, 1939 with descriptions of species from India. Records of the Zoological Suroey of India, Occasional paper, 15: 42 pp