Nematodes of the order Rhabditida from India. Description of two species of Mononchoides (Nematoda: Diplogastrina)
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Mononchoides, morphology, new species, occurrence, taxonomyAbstract
A new and a known species of the genus Mononchoides Rahm, 1928 are described and illustrated. M. megaonchus sp. n., collected from decaying banana rhizome, is characterized by a large dorsal tooth, long stoma, and absence of tooth, teeth or denticles on the subventral walls in general. Males have stout spicules and a gubernaculum with distal sleeve and nine pairs of genital papillae arranged in typical diplogastrid pattern: three precloacal and six postcloacal. Another species which shares several common characters with M. striatus (Bütschli, 1876) Goodey, 1963 is also being reported from India.Downloads
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Nematodes of the order Rhabditida from India. Description of two species of Mononchoides (Nematoda: Diplogastrina). (2010). Journal of Nematode Morphology and Systematics, 10(1), J. Nematode Morphol. Syst., 10 (1): 1-10 (2007). https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/jnms/article/view/176