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<italic>Mesocriconema abolafiai</italic> n. sp. is described by morphological, morphometric, and molecular approaches. The new species is characterized by a body slightly curved with 402 to 612 μm length, 90 to 113 cuticular body annuli with smooth to irregular margins lacking of crenation with not more than one anastomoses, lip region not offset, small flattened submedian lobes, stylet robust (52.8-60.0 µm) with well-developed knobs, open vulva with simple anterior lip, straight vagina, filled spermatheca with globular sperms, presence of males, and conical-acute tail with last annulus bilobed or rounded. Discussions are made on the characterization of <italic>M. abolafiai</italic> n. sp. from the most closely related species, <italic>M. ozarkiense</italic>, and several other species having similar tail shape. Furthermore, results of phylogenetic analyses inferred from D2 to D3 expansion fragments of 28S rRNA, 18S rRNA, and ITS rRNA gene sequences revealed the phylogenetic position of the new species within representatives of Criconematidae and supported morphological justifications for considering this population from Iran as a new species in the genus <italic>Mesocriconema</italic>.</p>
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Mesocriconema abolafiai n. sp. is described by morphological, morphometric, and molecular approaches. The new species is characterized by a body slightly curved with 402 to 612 μm length, 90 to 113 cuticular body annuli with smooth to irregular margins lacking of crenation with not more than one anastomoses, lip region not offset, small flattened submedian lobes, stylet robust (52.8-60.0 µm) with well-developed knobs, open vulva with simple anterior lip, straight vagina, filled spermatheca with globular sperms, presence of males, and conical-acute tail with last annulus bilobed or rounded. Discussions are made on the characterization of M. abolafiai n. sp. from the most closely related species, M. ozarkiense, and several other species having similar tail shape. Furthermore, results of phylogenetic analyses inferred from D2 to D3 expansion fragments of 28S rRNA, 18S rRNA, and ITS rRNA gene sequences revealed the phylogenetic position of the new species within representatives of Criconematidae and supported morphological justifications for considering this population from Iran as a new species in the genus Mesocriconema.

Description and molecular phylogeny of <italic>Mesocriconema abolafiai</italic> n. sp. (Nematoda: Criconematidae) from Iran

Journal of Nematology

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Description and molecular phylogeny of  n. sp. (Nematoda: Criconematidae) from Iran

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Mesocriconema abolafiai n. sp. is described by morphological, morphometric, and molecular approaches. The new species is characterized by a body slightly...

Description and molecular phylogeny of Mesocriconema abolafiai n. sp. (Nematoda: Criconematidae) from Iran

Published Online: May 25, 2020

Page range: 1 - 17

Received: Oct 15, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-048

Keywords
Criconematidae, n. sp., Phylogeny, Morphology, Morphometric, New species, 28S rRNA, 18S rRNA, ITS rRNA

© 2020 Hossein Mirbabaei Karani et al., published by Sciendo.

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

Description and molecular phylogeny of Mesocriconema abolafiai n. sp. (Nematoda: Criconematidae) from Iran

Published Online: May 25, 2020

Page range: 1 - 17

Received: Oct 15, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-048

KeywordsCriconematidae, n. sp., Phylogeny, Morphology, Morphometric, New species, 28S rRNA, 18S rRNA, ITS rRNA

© 2020 Hossein Mirbabaei Karani et al., published by Sciendo.

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

Keywords
Criconematidae, n. sp., Phylogeny, Morphology, Morphometric, New species, 28S rRNA, 18S rRNA, ITS rRNA