Abstract
A new species of the genus Aporcella, collected in replanted coffee orchards in Central Highland of Vietnam, is described and illustrated. Aporcella daklakensis sp. n. is characterized by its 1.63-1.98 mm long body, lip region offset by weak constriction and 14-15 μm broad, odontostyle 13-15 μm long or equal to lip region diameter, neck 400-565 μm long, pharyngeal expansion 205-335 μm long and occupying 51-60% of the total neck length, female genital system diovarian with very poorly developed genital tract and transverse vulva (V = 53-59), tail conical with rounded terminus (31-39 µm, c = 43-57, c' = 1.0-1.4), visibly subdigitate and bearing cuticular irregularities at its ventral side, and male absent. The new species is compared with its closest Aporcella representatives.
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