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First report of Mesocriconema sphaerocephalum (Taylor, 1936) Loof, 1989 associated with wild grass in Botswana

  
01 sty 2021

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Figure 1:

Mesocriconema sphaerocephalum (Taylor, 1936; Loof, 1989). (A) Anterior end; (B) pharynx and excretory pore (arrow); (C) lateral field with anastomoses at mid-body; (D, G) entire body; (E, F) posterior end (Scale bar: 10 µm; except for D, G 100 µm).
Mesocriconema sphaerocephalum (Taylor, 1936; Loof, 1989). (A) Anterior end; (B) pharynx and excretory pore (arrow); (C) lateral field with anastomoses at mid-body; (D, G) entire body; (E, F) posterior end (Scale bar: 10 µm; except for D, G 100 µm).

Figure 2:

(Left) 18S rDNA and (right) 28S rDNA Bayesian tree inferred from known and newly sequenced Mesocriconema sphaerocephalum from Botswana.
(Left) 18S rDNA and (right) 28S rDNA Bayesian tree inferred from known and newly sequenced Mesocriconema sphaerocephalum from Botswana.

Measurements of females of M_ sphaerocephalum from Botswana_

n 10 ♀♀
L 318 ± 24.8 (275-342)
a 9.7 ± 0.4 (9.2-10.2)
b 3.4 ± 0.1 (3.2-3.6)
c 40.6 ± 4.5 (34.1-44.7)
0.5 ± 0.02 (0.4-0.5)
VL/VB 0.6 ± 0.4 (0.7-0.9)
V 91 ± 3.5 (88-96)
VL 24 ± 0.5 (23-24)
Stylet 48 ± 2.3 (45-51)
Nerve ring 71 ± 4.9 (67-74)
Pharynx 96 ± 5.7 (87-103)
Excretory pore 102 ± 8.8 (96-115)
Neck base diameter 33 ± 1.4 (31-34)
Vulval-body diameter 28 ± 3.1 (25-32)
Anal body diameter 17 ± 1.8 (16-20)
Tail length 8 ± 0.8 (7-9)
Rst 12 ± 1.0 (11-13)
Rph 22 ± 0.5 (21-22)
Rex 21 ± 1.2 (20-22)
Rv 4.6 ± 0.5 (4-5)
Ran 2.3 ± 0.5 (2-3)
Rvan 2.6 ± 0.5 (2-3)
R 66 ± 1.4 (65-67)
Język:
Angielski
Częstotliwość wydawania:
1 razy w roku
Dziedziny czasopisma:
Nauki biologiczne, Nauki biologiczne, inne