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<italic>Gracilacus paralatescens</italic> n. sp., isolated in Anji County, Zhejiang Province, China from the rhizospheric soil of bamboo. The new species can be characterized by the female lateral field with three incisures, stylet 71.5 to 78.8 µm long, lip region truncated, excretory pore located anterior to basal knobs. Vulval lips non-protruding and without vulval flap, spermatheca large, elongated squarish shaped filled with sperms. Tail slender, relatively straight having wedge shape terminus. The spicule slender, slightly curved and 17.5 to 18.9 µm long. In the phylogenetic analysis based on 18S, D2-D3 of 28S and ITS regions of rDNA, the new species is clustered with Paratylenchid species having longer stylet length. Morphologically, the new species belongs to Group 9 of <italic>Paratylenchus sensu lato</italic> and is most similar to <italic>G. latescens</italic>.</p>
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Gracilacus paralatescens n. sp., isolated in Anji County, Zhejiang Province, China from the rhizospheric soil of bamboo. The new species can be characterized by the female lateral field with three incisures, stylet 71.5 to 78.8 µm long, lip region truncated, excretory pore located anterior to basal knobs. Vulval lips non-protruding and without vulval flap, spermatheca large, elongated squarish shaped filled with sperms. Tail slender, relatively straight having wedge shape terminus. The spicule slender, slightly curved and 17.5 to 18.9 µm long. In the phylogenetic analysis based on 18S, D2-D3 of 28S and ITS regions of rDNA, the new species is clustered with Paratylenchid species having longer stylet length. Morphologically, the new species belongs to Group 9 of Paratylenchus sensu lato and is most similar to G. latescens.

Description of <italic>Gracilacus paralatescens</italic> n. sp. (Nematoda:Paratylenchinae) found from the rhizosphere of Bamboo in Zhejiang, China

Journal of Nematology

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Description of  n. sp. (Nematoda:Paratylenchinae) found from the rhizosphere of Bamboo in Zhejiang, China

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Gracilacus paralatescens n. sp., isolated in Anji County, Zhejiang Province, China from the rhizospheric soil of bamboo. The new species can be characterized...

Description of Gracilacus paralatescens n. sp. (Nematoda:Paratylenchinae) found from the rhizosphere of Bamboo in Zhejiang, China

Published Online: Dec 03, 2018

Page range: 611 - 622

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2018-041

Keywords
DNA sequencing, Morphology, Morphometrics, Nematode, New species, Phylogeny, Scanning electron microscopy

© 2018 Munawar Maria et al., published by Sciendo

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

Description of Gracilacus paralatescens n. sp. (Nematoda:Paratylenchinae) found from the rhizosphere of Bamboo in Zhejiang, China

Published Online: Dec 03, 2018

Page range: 611 - 622

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2018-041

KeywordsDNA sequencing, Morphology, Morphometrics, Nematode, New species, Phylogeny, Scanning electron microscopy

© 2018 Munawar Maria et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
DNA sequencing, Morphology, Morphometrics, Nematode, New species, Phylogeny, Scanning electron microscopy