Abstract

Three horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) are recorded from Nagaland, India. The first species is Chordodes combiareolatus, which was recently described from Nagaland. The second is Chordodes cf. furnessi, earlier reported from Meghalaya, and some new observations are added. The third is a new species, described as Beatogordius nagalandis sp. n. This is the first report of the genus Beatogordius in India and this observation fits well into the Gondwana distribution of the genus. The species is quite similar to Beatogordius chinensis, reported from South China.

Highlights

  • Horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) are parasitic worms with a free-living phase in the life cycle

  • The first species is Chordodes combiareolatus, which was recently described from Nagaland

  • Of parasitic worms has achieved new attention in India, and since 2004 seven further species were newly described or newly recorded (Schmidt-Rhaesa and Yadav 2004, 2013, Schmidt-Rhaesa and Lalramliana 2011, 2016, Schmidt-Rhaesa et al 2015). Six of these newly reported species belong to the genus Chordodes, and one to the genus Acutogordius, which had not been reported from India before

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Introduction

Horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) are parasitic worms with a free-living phase in the life cycle. Thirteen species of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha: Gordiida) from five genera (Gordius, Chordodes, Parachordodes, Paragordius, Gordionus) have been reported from India until 1912 (see Schmidt-Rhaesa and Yadav 2004). New records are reported for the species Chordodes combiareolatus Schmidt-Rhaesa, Limatemjen & Yadav, 2015, and C. cf furnessi Montgomery, 1898, and supplement the previous documentations by new images.

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