SOIL NEMATODES FROM MANIPUR III : THREE NEW SPECIES OF DORYLAIMOIDES THORNE AND SWANGER, 1936 (MYDONOMIDAE : DORYLAIMIDA)
R.K. GAMBHIR *
DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES, MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, CANCHIPUR-795003, INDIA.
Y. ANANDI *
DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES, MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, CANCHIPUR-795003, INDIA.
CH. DHANACHAND *
DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES, MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, CANCHIPUR-795003, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Three new species of Dorylaimoides Thome and Swanger 1936 associated with banana, Musa paradisiaca Linn, are
described and illustrated Dorylaimoides (D) musasus n.sp. 0.67-0.73 mm long. V=45-48, odontostyle=8-10 μm,
odontophore=11-13 μm, basal eraded part of oesophagus=27-32% of total oesophageal length and has a tail 35-40
μm long. Dorylaimoides (D) microspicioides insp. 0.79-0.81 mm long, V=45, odontostyle=6-7 μm, odontophore=8-10
μm, expanded part of oesophagus=39 um sie i-24 im andhas atailranging from 34–45 μm in length. Dorylaimoides (T)
longispearus n.sp. 0.84-0.92 mm long V=29-32, odontostyle=11-12μm, odontophore=14-16 im, oesophagus=171-186
um, expanded part of oesophagnus=56-64 μm and has atal 147-158 μm long