Abstract
Soil samples collected from Taebak Changkunbong and Undal mountains of Kyungbuk Province, yielded two new species of the order Dorylaimida which are described and illustrated below. Dorylaimoides punctatus n. sp. (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) is 1.2–1.4 mm long; b = 5.9–6.9; c = 14.6–17.7; odontostyle 7.3–8.5 μm; spicules 33.5–36.5 μm; ventromedian supplements 5–6 and is characterized by having zig-zag lines on body cuticle, continuous lip region, elongate conoid tail and comes close to Dorylaimoides micoletzkyi (De Man, 1921) Thorne & Swanger, 1936 and Dorylaimoides leptus Husain & Khan, 1968. Paractinolaimus acutus n. sp. (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) is 2.1–2.4 mm long; b = 4.3–4.9; c = 10–12; odontostyle 25–27 μm and characterized by having continuous lip region, longitudinally oval vulva and long filiform tail with acute tip and comes close to Parctinolaimus aruprus Khan et al., 1994 and Parctinolaimus baldus Thorne, 1967.
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