<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Discopersicus iranicus</italic> n. gen., n. comb., previously described from Iran as a new species under the genus <italic>Discotylenchus</italic>, is illustrated using light microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations and further studied using molecular characters. SEM studies revealed the newly proposed genus has oblique amphidial apertures on the lateral sides of the lip region. SEM images are also provided for two species of <italic>Discotylenchus</italic>, namely <italic>D. discretus</italic> and <italic>D. brevicaudatus</italic>, as the first SEM study of the genus. These results confirmed longitudinal amphidial aperture type on lateral sides of the lip region in genus <italic>Discotylenchus</italic>, as noted by Siddiqi while erecting the genus with <italic>D. discretus</italic> as the type species. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using partial small subunit (SSU) and large subunit (LSU) rDNA sequences revealed the affinity of the genus <italic>Discopersicus</italic> n. gen. with members of the subfamily Boleodorinae, as supported by morphological characters (mainly, the oblique amphidial opening).</p></abstract>

Discopersicus iranicus n. gen., n. comb., previously described from Iran as a new species under the genus Discotylenchus, is illustrated using light microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations and further studied using molecular characters. SEM studies revealed the newly proposed genus has oblique amphidial apertures on the lateral sides of the lip region. SEM images are also provided for two species of Discotylenchus, namely D. discretus and D. brevicaudatus, as the first SEM study of the genus. These results confirmed longitudinal amphidial aperture type on lateral sides of the lip region in genus Discotylenchus, as noted by Siddiqi while erecting the genus with D. discretus as the type species. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using partial small subunit (SSU) and large subunit (LSU) rDNA sequences revealed the affinity of the genus Discopersicus n. gen. with members of the subfamily Boleodorinae, as supported by morphological characters (mainly, the oblique amphidial opening).

<italic>Discopersicus</italic> n. gen., a New Member of the Family Tylenchidae Orley, 1880 with Detailed SEM Study on Two Known Species of the Genus <italic>Discotylenchus</italic> Siddiqi, 1980 (Nematoda; Tylenchidae) from Iran

Journal of Nematology

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 n. gen., a New Member of the Family Tylenchidae Orley, 1880 with Detailed SEM Study on Two Known Species of the Genus  Siddiqi, 1980 (Nematoda; Tylenchidae) from Iran

Discopersicus iranicus n. gen., n. comb., previously described from Iran as a new species under the genus Discotylenchus, is illustrated using light microscope...

Discopersicus n. gen., a New Member of the Family Tylenchidae Orley, 1880 with Detailed SEM Study on Two Known Species of the Genus Discotylenchus Siddiqi, 1980 (Nematoda; Tylenchidae) from Iran

Published Online: Jul 24, 2017

Page range: 214 - 221

Received: Nov 16, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2017-029

Keywords
18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, Boleodorinae, new genus, phylogeny, taxonomy

© 2016 Ali Yaghoubi et al., published by Sciendo

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Discopersicus n. gen., a New Member of the Family Tylenchidae Orley, 1880 with Detailed SEM Study on Two Known Species of the Genus Discotylenchus Siddiqi, 1980 (Nematoda; Tylenchidae) from Iran

Published Online: Jul 24, 2017

Page range: 214 - 221

Received: Nov 16, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2017-029

Keywords18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, Boleodorinae, new genus, phylogeny, taxonomy

© 2016 Ali Yaghoubi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, Boleodorinae, new genus, phylogeny, taxonomy