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<p>In the summer of 2018, specimens of a <italic>Hoplolaimus</italic> population were extracted from a maize root sample collected near Stampriet, Namibia. This population was identified as <italic>Hoplolaimus pararobustus</italic> and is described and illustrated based on its morphological, morphometric, and molecular characteristics. To our knowledge, this is the first report <italic>H</italic>. <italic>pararobustus</italic> from maize roots. Females of the population had a mean body and stylet length of 1,100 µm and 36 µm, respectively. Esophagus with three nuclei in three pharyngeal glands. Lateral field reduced, ranging from a very faint line to just breaks in striae. The males were shorter than the females with a mean body length of 925 µm and the stylet slightly shorter, with a mean length of 34 µm. Phylogenetic analyses using partial sequences of 18 S and the expansion fragment D2–D3 of 28 S rDNA genes showed the close relation of this species and <italic>H. columbus</italic>. This Namibian population of <italic>H. pararobustus</italic> is the first <italic>Hoplolaimus</italic> species from Africa to be molecularly characterized.</p>
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In the summer of 2018, specimens of a Hoplolaimus population were extracted from a maize root sample collected near Stampriet, Namibia. This population was identified as Hoplolaimus pararobustus and is described and illustrated based on its morphological, morphometric, and molecular characteristics. To our knowledge, this is the first report H. pararobustus from maize roots. Females of the population had a mean body and stylet length of 1,100 µm and 36 µm, respectively. Esophagus with three nuclei in three pharyngeal glands. Lateral field reduced, ranging from a very faint line to just breaks in striae. The males were shorter than the females with a mean body length of 925 µm and the stylet slightly shorter, with a mean length of 34 µm. Phylogenetic analyses using partial sequences of 18 S and the expansion fragment D2–D3 of 28 S rDNA genes showed the close relation of this species and H. columbus. This Namibian population of H. pararobustus is the first Hoplolaimus species from Africa to be molecularly characterized.

Morphological and molecular characterization of <italic>Hoplolaimus pararobustus</italic> (Schuurmans Stekhoven and Teunissen, 1938) Sher 1963 with its first report on <italic>Zea mays</italic> roots in Namibia

Journal of Nematology

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In the summer of 2018, specimens of a Hoplolaimus population were extracted from a maize root sample collected near Stampriet, Namibia. This population was...

Morphological and molecular characterization of Hoplolaimus pararobustus (Schuurmans Stekhoven and Teunissen, 1938) Sher 1963 with its first report on Zea mays roots in Namibia

Published Online: Jan 13, 2021

Page range: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-124

Keywords
Lance nematode, Maize, Morphology, Molecular identification, Ribosomal DNA, Taxonomy, Phylogeny

© 2021 Mariette Marais et al., published by Sciendo

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

Morphological and molecular characterization of Hoplolaimus pararobustus (Schuurmans Stekhoven and Teunissen, 1938) Sher 1963 with its first report on Zea mays roots in Namibia

Published Online: Jan 13, 2021

Page range: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-124

KeywordsLance nematode, Maize, Morphology, Molecular identification, Ribosomal DNA, Taxonomy, Phylogeny

© 2021 Mariette Marais et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
Lance nematode, Maize, Morphology, Molecular identification, Ribosomal DNA, Taxonomy, Phylogeny