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<p>Aphelenchoides macrospica n. sp. is described and illustrated from the West Azerbayjan province, northwestern Iran. The new species is characterized by its body length of 807 to 963 mm (males) and 792 to 1,094 mm (females), offset cephalic region, lateral fields with four incisures, long stylet with 15 to 16 mm length, and excretory pore situated opposite or behind the nerve ring. Pharyngeal glands overlapping intestine dorsally and extending for 90 to 121 mm, tail terminus mucronate in both sexes. Vagina directed anteriad, and spicules are relatively large (27–32 mm) with well-developed broadly rounded apex and condylus. The new species comes close to seven known species of the genus namely A. arcticus, A. blastophthorus, A. haguei, A. huntensis, A. lucknowensis, A. parasaprophilus,andA. xui, but it differs from them by the body size, stylet length, size of spicules, and length of postvulval uterine sac. The results of phylogenetic analyses based on sequences of D2-D3 expansion region of 28S and 18S rDNA, confirmed its status as a new species.</p>
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Aphelenchoides macrospica n. sp. is described and illustrated from the West Azerbayjan province, northwestern Iran. The new species is characterized by its body length of 807 to 963 mm (males) and 792 to 1,094 mm (females), offset cephalic region, lateral fields with four incisures, long stylet with 15 to 16 mm length, and excretory pore situated opposite or behind the nerve ring. Pharyngeal glands overlapping intestine dorsally and extending for 90 to 121 mm, tail terminus mucronate in both sexes. Vagina directed anteriad, and spicules are relatively large (27–32 mm) with well-developed broadly rounded apex and condylus. The new species comes close to seven known species of the genus namely A. arcticus, A. blastophthorus, A. haguei, A. huntensis, A. lucknowensis, A. parasaprophilus,andA. xui, but it differs from them by the body size, stylet length, size of spicules, and length of postvulval uterine sac. The results of phylogenetic analyses based on sequences of D2-D3 expansion region of 28S and 18S rDNA, confirmed its status as a new species.

Description of Aphelenchoides macrospica n. sp. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Northwestern Iran

College of Agriculture and Natural resources

College of Agriculture, Shiraz University

Journal of Nematology

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Aphelenchoides macrospica n. sp. is described and illustrated from the West Azerbayjan province, northwestern Iran. The new species is characterized by its...

Description of Aphelenchoides macrospica n. sp. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Northwestern Iran

Published Online: Jul 21, 2017

Page range: 67 - 76

Received: Jul 26, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2017-046

Keywords
LSU, molecular, morphology, new species, phylogeny, SSU, taxonomy, West Azerbayjan province

© 2017 Behrouz Golhasan et al., published by Sciendo

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

Description of Aphelenchoides macrospica n. sp. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Northwestern Iran

Published Online: Jul 21, 2017

Page range: 67 - 76

Received: Jul 26, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2017-046

KeywordsLSU, molecular, morphology, new species, phylogeny, SSU, taxonomy, West Azerbayjan province

© 2017 Behrouz Golhasan et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
LSU, molecular, morphology, new species, phylogeny, SSU, taxonomy, West Azerbayjan province