STUDIES ON THE ASSOCIATION OF A NEW NEMATODE SPECIES SCHISTONCHUS OSMANI SP.N. (APHLENCHOIDEA NICKLE, 1971), A WASP AND FIG FICUS RECEMOSA
L. RAJESHWARIANAND *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, O.U. COLLEGE FOR WOMEN KOTHI, HYDERABAD-500 017, INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Association of an aphelenchoid nematode Schistonchus osmani n. sp. (Aphelechoidea Nickle, 1971)with a fig pollinating wasp in the fig Ficus recemosa is reported. S. Osmani differs with other species of the genus in the shape of spicules, gubernaculum and male tail.