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<p>Specimens of <italic>Tripylina gorganensis</italic>, collected from a natural beech forest in Slovak Republic, are described and illustrated. These nematodes were initially identified as an undescribed species, morphologically similar to <italic>Tripylina gorganensis</italic> described from Iran. An important feature distinguishing both species was the presence of post-vulval uterine sac (PUS) in specimens from Slovak Republic, which, according to the original description (Asghari et al., 2012), was absent in <italic>Tripylina gorganensis</italic>. However, a careful re-examination of type specimens performed in this study revealed that <italic>T. gorganensis</italic> also has the post-vulval uterine sac. Consequently, the findings of the morphological and molecular studies performed on the Slovak population and observations on the type material contribute to the redescription of <italic>T. gorganensis</italic>.</p>
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Specimens of Tripylina gorganensis, collected from a natural beech forest in Slovak Republic, are described and illustrated. These nematodes were initially identified as an undescribed species, morphologically similar to Tripylina gorganensis described from Iran. An important feature distinguishing both species was the presence of post-vulval uterine sac (PUS) in specimens from Slovak Republic, which, according to the original description (Asghari et al., 2012), was absent in Tripylina gorganensis. However, a careful re-examination of type specimens performed in this study revealed that T. gorganensis also has the post-vulval uterine sac. Consequently, the findings of the morphological and molecular studies performed on the Slovak population and observations on the type material contribute to the redescription of T. gorganensis.

<article-title xml:lang="en">Morphological and molecular characterisation of <italic>Tripylina gorganensis</italic> from the Slovak Republic as a contribution to the redescription of the species

Journal of Nematology

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Morphological and molecular characterisation of  from the Slovak Republic as a contribution to the redescription of the species

Specimens of Tripylina gorganensis, collected from a natural beech forest in Slovak Republic, are described and illustrated. These nematodes were initially...

Morphological and molecular characterisation of Tripylina gorganensis from the Slovak Republic as a contribution to the redescription of the species

Publié en ligne: 23 juin 2021

Pages: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-048

Mots clés
Redescription, Molecular, Morphology, Morphometrics, Phylogeny, Ribosomal DNA, Taxonomy,

© 2021 Marek Renčo et al., published by Sciendo.

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

Morphological and molecular characterisation of Tripylina gorganensis from the Slovak Republic as a contribution to the redescription of the species

Publié en ligne: 23 juin 2021

Pages: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-048

Mots clésRedescription, Molecular, Morphology, Morphometrics, Phylogeny, Ribosomal DNA, Taxonomy,

© 2021 Marek Renčo et al., published by Sciendo.

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

Mots clés
Redescription, Molecular, Morphology, Morphometrics, Phylogeny, Ribosomal DNA, Taxonomy,