STUDIES ON SOIL NEMATODES OF MANIPUR - X : TWO NEW SPECIES AND A MALE RECORD OF IOTONCHINAE
N. MOHILAL *
PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY, LIFE SCIENCES DEPARTMENT, MANIPUR UNIWERSITY, CANCHIPUR - 795003, INDIA.
Y. ANANDI *
PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY, LIFE SCIENCES DEPARTMENT, MANIPUR UNIWERSITY, CANCHIPUR - 795003, INDIA.
CH. DHANACHAND *
PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY, LIFE SCIENCES DEPARTMENT, MANIPUR UNIWERSITY, CANCHIPUR - 795003, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Male of lotonchus indicus Jairajpuri, 1969 is described. Two new species lotonchus terminus and I. longisacatus are presented. I. terminus n. sp. has a body length 2-2.3 mm, buccal cavity 43.2 x 25-32 pum, tail length 296-512 pum, a 35.7-46.2, b=4.3-5.4, c= 4.5-6.8, v=56-60, amphidelphic reproductive system in females and 9 ventromedian supplements, 70.4 pm long spicules in males. I longisacatus n.sp. has 1.33-2.17 mm long body, buccal cavity 30-37 x 22 um, tail 560-568 um, a 48-54, b=4.6–5. 1, c=3.3-3.8, v=56-59 and mono-prodelphic reproductive system.