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A New Nematode Species (Dorylaimida: Aporcelaimidae) from India with a Revised Key to the Species
Debabrata Sen, Samprit Deb Roy and Gurupada Mandal
Year : 2025 | Volume: 10 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 43-49
Received on: 12/12/2024
Revised on: 21/12/2024
Accepted on: 23/01/2025
Published on: 31/01/2025
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Debabrata Sen, Samprit Deb Roy and Gurupada Mandal( 2025).
A New Nematode Species (Dorylaimida: Aporcelaimidae) from India with a Revised Key to the Species
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 10( 1), 43-49.
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Abstract
Few numbers of soil-inhabiting nematodes were observed to represent some differences from the present valid species of the genus Makatinus Heyns, 1965 under the family Aporcelaimidae Heyns, 1965. Hence a new nematode species is being proposed and described as Makatinus digicaudatus sp. nov. The proposed new species is characterized by its large stout body, constricted lip region, strong odontostyle, large aperture occupying more than half (59.3%) of the odontostyle length, well and equally developed anterior and posterior female genital system, long ovaries, tail short, convex-conoid with a small hyaline digitatate projection and short prerectum in female. Makatinus digicaudatus sp. nov. resembles M. capensis Heyns, 1965, M. crassiformis (Kreis, 1924) Andrássy, 1986 and M. punctatus Heyns, 1965 and can be distinguished from all other species of the genus by its long body and tail shape except M. punctatus. A key to the species on the basis of female only has been provided.
Keywords
Description, Makatinus digicaudatus sp. nov., New species, Taxonomy.
